Posts Tagged Real Life
purpose.
Posted by malindar in God, Homeschooling, Kids, unschooling on January 25, 2014
in the past three weeks, i have challenged my kids to think pretty deeply about who they are. what they like. what they love. who they want to be some day. i have encouraged them to dream. picture their lives 5 years from now. 10 years from now. think about the people they know whom […]
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, […]
enough.
Posted by malindar in All About Mindy, Life, Reflection on January 20, 2014
lest anyone think that because i’ve been posting so often lately, i must always have deep, deep thoughts which may eventually become blog posts… …i am not thinking deeply today. actually, i’m maybe not thinking at all. (yeah, right.) i need days like that, though. and those days… they are few and far between. have […]
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 […]
reaction.
Posted by malindar in All About Mindy, Family Life, Homeschooling, Reflection, unschooling on January 15, 2014
this morning, as we puttered around the kitchen over breakfast and baby and dog interruptions and simmering stir fry, Bryson commented, “it feels like Saturday.” he sat finishing up his chocolate chip pancakes and laughing about how sore his abs were from the pull-ups and push-ups he did on Monday (out of his norm, but […]
controversy.
Posted by malindar in All About Mindy, Family Life, Homeschooling, Kids, Life, unschooling on January 12, 2014
there is this little part of me that really enjoys stirring up trouble. it’s actually kind of funny to think that’s true, because i was always the good girl. always the one my parents didn’t have to worry about. my grades were above average, i didn’t push the boundaries, i didn’t break curfew or talk […]
rant.
Posted by malindar in Kids, Life, Ugh., Uncategorized on January 6, 2014
i believe that we are raising a generation of weenies. that’s right. weenies. and i don’t mean the cute little ones you call “pigs in a blanket” and wrap up in tiny crescent rolls, or slather in nasty barbecue in your crock pot for holiday gatherings (yuck.). i mean our kids are wimps, folks. wussies. […]
decision.
Posted by malindar in All About Mindy, Life, Reflection on January 1, 2014
i did it. i figured it out. well, i should probably say, “i read it someplace and stole it.” that would be more true. because apparently everyone else was blogging about not having new years resolutions yesterday too. go figure. i’ve read a bunch of them now. (they’re generally all better than mine. grammatically, technically…and […]
All Is Grace 