Posts Tagged Real Life
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 […]
challenge.
Posted by malindar in All About Mindy, Fitness, Weight Loss, workout on January 19, 2016
i’ve learned something about myself in the last two days. i may work in my house, and i may have said in the past that getting 10,000 steps a day in my house on a regular basis is impossible. but throw a little friendly competition in my face, and all of a sudden…i can hit 14,000 […]
what a year.
Posted by malindar in All About Mindy, Life, Memory, Reflection on December 29, 2015
this year, i almost lost my marriage. then i lived a miracle. i watched my child gain independence. and i watched her choose to lose it for a time. i lost 7 pounds. gained back 9. i heard my babies love each other. i watched them fight. we had plenty for a while. and then we had […]
long hair
Posted by malindar in All About Mindy, Life, Reflection on September 28, 2015
several problems accompany growing your hair out when you get old. i’m sure you don’t really care, but…yeah, i don’t care that you don’t care anymore. (that’s an upside to getting old.) in January, i stopped cutting my hair. i wasn’t growing it out then. i just wasn’t cutting it. this was a tactic meant […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
on hold.
Posted by malindar in Fitness, Hypothyroid, Weight Loss on January 30, 2014
a month into my most recent (new) workout program (update on P90X3 coming soon)(i’m sure you’re chomping at the bit!!), and i keep glancing at the mirror, expecting something different. there’s this feeling of insanity about once a week when i get very real with myself before changing out of my workout attire (unforgiving stuff, […]
play.
Posted by malindar in Homeschooling, Kids, Reading, unschooling on January 28, 2014
more unschooling thoughts…there are always more, of course, but…in an effort to keep you up to date with my thinking…today my friend Ralph referred me to this article. Dr. Peter Gray, research bio-psychologist, has some wise, wise words. and while my children may be out of the official “play” stage as one would think of […]
All Is Grace 