Posts Tagged kids
becoming adult
Posted by malindar in Family Life, Kids, Life, Reflection on June 1, 2016
25 years ago, i graduated from high school. i’m reminded of this number repeatedly…by the fact that i know my class is having a reunion in July…by the fact that Joe graduated 5 years after me, and he celebrates his 20th in July as well…but most notably by the fact that my daughter, who was […]
mother’s day.
Posted by malindar in All About Mindy, Family Life, Joe, Kids, Life, Reflection on May 11, 2015
i got the most amazing mother’s day gifts yesterday. and the ones that were my favorites didn’t cost a dime. not a cent, actually. and i have never received more amazing gifts. from anyone. one will be hard-pressed to give me anything more priceless from this point forward. oh, sure, they gave me a gluten-free savory baker […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
testing.
Posted by malindar in Uncategorized on February 5, 2014
so, this week’s big unschooling dilemma: end of the year evaluations. yep, quarterly reports are due around here, which means…well, i have to wrap my brain around all of the things my kids have accomplished over the past 10 weeks of homeschooling/unschooling and put it on paper. well, an email. whatever. oh, and figure out […]
brave
Posted by malindar in All About Mindy, Family Life, Joe, Kids, Life on January 17, 2014
today i sent my daughter with my husband on a field trip. a field trip on which i could not bring myself to go. i know, you’re thinking, “umm, what’s up with THAT? aren’t you her TEACHER??” (actually you’re probably just like, “whatever, would you get to the point, please?”) yes. i am. but this […]
nuts.
Posted by malindar in All About Mindy, Family Life, Kids, Life, Reflection on January 14, 2014
so what do you do, say, when people think you’re nuts? i’m throwing this question out there because…i don’t have a good answer for it. my immediate response to adversity, especially when i feel attacked, is to go on the defensive. i quote. i reference. i rack my brain. i organize my arguments while i […]
All Is Grace 