through the suckage.
Posted by malindar in Uncategorized on November 13, 2014
i am facing some things in my life right now. frankly, they suck. sometimes i feel like i’ve had a heck of a lot of sucky things thrown at me over a pretty short span of my life. some of those “things” are situations. predicaments. attitudes. some of those “things” are people. no matter what […]
41. the birthday challenge post.
Posted by malindar in Uncategorized on October 12, 2014
as in “i am 41.” for about 12 hours now. i had big goals for my challenge this year…because i’ve decided that my 41st year is the one when i will go back to school. i will figure out how to fund my master’s degree in Holistic Nutrition (hopefully from Hawthorn University in CA (so if you […]
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. […]
stuff i know now
Posted by malindar in Uncategorized on May 9, 2014
i follow this great blog that always makes me think…her name is Melissa…you should check her out. …she made me think today. twice. posting first about a Mama she saw in the mall, wisely parenting a determined toddler…and then about secrets she knows as a mother. probably secrets she wished she’d known when she started this […]
mothers
Posted by malindar in All About Mindy, Reflection on May 9, 2014
this Sunday is Mother’s Day. yep, two days from now. it will be my 16th as an actual, bonafide Mom. something about that number freaks me out a little. maybe because it’s so freaking close to 20. i don’t know. it struck me this morning that next year will be my twentieth college reunion. good […]
dear women-who-are-all-about-saving-the-tatas, but-still-talk-about-how-awful-it-was:
Posted by malindar in All About Mindy on May 3, 2014
yep. that’s right. i said “tatas” in my post title. i know. it maybe pushed your buttons a little. ok. i’m fine with that. you know why? yesterday pushed my buttons. like…whoa. let’s back up. last October, i turned 40. 40 brings on its own set of challenges, not the least of which includes new […]
that girl.
Posted by malindar in Uncategorized on April 21, 2014
she had surgery today. it was relatively minor, but required general anesthesia and hydrocodone follow-up. it was significant enough that i had to put her in the hands of medical professionals i have never met for several hours, had to wait patiently while she went through 45 minutes of surgery and an hour and a […]
night night baby bagel.
Posted by malindar in Homeschooling, unschooling on March 19, 2014
this woman unschooled. it looked a little different than my unschooling with one of her kids…because all unschooling is different–as different as the children involved–but…she unschooled. go watch it. seriously. i have to go write quarterly reports. (what? they were only due a month and a half ago. jeez.)(ugh.)
teenagers.
Posted by malindar in Uncategorized on March 5, 2014
so, my most recent quandary? what do i do with a child who has decided she wants nothing to do with God? …the God who allowed her father to choose crime and betrayal…over a relationship with her. …the God who allowed a life of relative luxury to slip through her fingers when that same father […]
messy brain.
Posted by malindar in Uncategorized on February 25, 2014
my brain is a little bit of a mess lately. (i know. you’re thinking, “lately??”) messy brain leads to lack of blogging. lack of focus. lack of memory. messy brain leads to…lack of pretty much everything. you know what helps messy brain? nope. me either. i’ve tried different techniques to deal with messy […]
All Is Grace 