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the silly.
Posted by malindar in All About Mindy, Family Life, Kids, Life, Reflection on April 22, 2015
you know what i love? i love the silly. the pure, unadulterated joy that bursts out of the ability to freely laugh. living squarely in the moment. abandoning any inhibition. free of judgment. void of criticism. with full knowledge that the people who surround you and who you love completely embrace the silly–and display it–right along with you. i […]
figuring it out.
Posted by malindar in All About Mindy, God, Life, Reflection on April 4, 2015
i saw this posted the other day, and it got me thinking. i’m sure the thoughtfulness had something to do with the fact that “we’ll figure it out” has been something of a hated family motto over the past seven or eight years, and that, recently, it has renewed vigor. and actually, more than getting […]
all i can do
Posted by malindar in All About Mindy, Family Life, God, Kids, Life, Marriage, Reflection, Ugh. on February 21, 2015
i was slammed this week with several things i just can’t handle. and, you know, i’ve been slammed with a lot of things in my life i was pretty sure i couldn’t handle. none of them even came close to this week. not one. i sat in that counselor’s office on two different occasions and simply […]
saturdays
Posted by malindar in All About Mindy, Cake, Life, Reflection on January 24, 2015
lately, Saturdays have been completely out-of-my-ordinary. generally they make me crazy…two or three stressful cakes, running errands, catching up… the recent change is hard to get used to, actually. last week, i sat on the couch the ENTIRE DAY (after an hour and a half delivering a cake) and watched movie after movie. i don’t know what […]
thansgiving prep
Posted by malindar in Cake, Family Life, Food, Life on November 28, 2014
around here, holidays are big time. we have big traditions for our big family: traditional food, traditional ways to do things, traditional traditions. for some reason, the food seems to be my overall focus. go figure. i go into list-mode. lists of recipes i want to try. lists of supplies i need, broken down by store. […]
failed.
Posted by malindar in Family Life, God, Homeschooling, Kids, Life, Reflection on August 22, 2014
about a year ago, after realizing the depths to which a father can sink, my then-14-year-old daughter blamed God. for everything. everything bad that ever happened in her life, every question she could come up with that flew in the face of everything she had been taught for 14 years, every single, solitary questionable thing. […]
thinking.
Posted by malindar in All About Mindy, God, Life, Reflection, Writing on January 31, 2014
have you ever noticed that when you sit down to write something which will eventually receive a) a grade or b)a potential critique…you write more intently and more intentionally than you would if you were sitting down to write yourself a note? think back to college. high school, even. you write yourself a note–something you […]
control.
Posted by malindar in All About Mindy, God, Life, Reflection on January 23, 2014
i don’t really think of myself as a control freak. i like to know what’s going on, i like to have a firm grasp on my reality. but i don’t think i’m a control freak. (my children would disagree, i’m sure.) (and maybe a few other people.) (i digress.) things have felt pretty seriously out […]
so far.
Posted by malindar in Family Life, Homeschooling, Kids, Life, Reflection, unschooling on January 22, 2014
so. we’re a week and a half in. we are still alive. i feel this, in itself, is an accomplishment. here is what my kids are doing: Bryson is spending a lot of time building. and, umm, building some more. yesterday, he found the supplies on Garry’s Mod to build a hovercraft, figured out […]
question.
Posted by malindar in All About Mindy, God, Life, Reflection on January 21, 2014
i have a question for you: when someone presents information to someone you love that flies in the face of what you believe and makes your heart race…what do YOU do?? and just for kicks, what do you do when, after deciding to move on and let it go because it’s not worth your stress, […]
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