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I know you’re worried about successfully homeschooling this year in a pandemic. It’s different and scary and your kids just want their friends and activities back. But this time could be something quite special. You could tap into a whole different lifestyle with intention that scratches your itch for learning and adventure and leaves your family feeling closer than ever. Head on over to the link in my bio to sign up and get 30 hacks over 30 days that will provide a daily challenge to unlock some easy fun for your family that is pandemic approved. Yes, easy and fun. And it’s FREE. Join us!
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Are you doing the work?
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Link in bio to read all about the perfect natural period pairing. I do talk about menstruation in all its bloody glory so if that makes you feel uncomfortable, then lean in closer so we can dismantle your patriarchy-based shame while going over the tools that make my period healthier, cheaper, easier, and eco-friendly.
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How many hours a day does it take to homeschool? None. All. Rather than giving you a number (which I couldn’t do even if I wanted to), I’m going to challenge your idea of what homeschooling even is. Spoiler alert: it is not school at home. It is not a number of hours that my children are sitting at a desk logged into a computer or filling out worksheets. We are learning all the time - every minute that we are alive. For us, homeschooling is simply living life, complete with nourishing connections and rich experiences. We are always homeschooling because it is a lifestyle and a state of mind. As I write this, my kids are kayaking on a lake with friends attempting to lure the bald eagle closer with a fish it just dropped. Before that they were making a Lego chess board. Before that they were making lunches. Writing a song. Doing dishes. Reading books. Playing video games. All homeschooling. There is not a time at which learning begins or ends for us. We’re always learning. Sometimes I’m working while they’re homeschooling. Sometimes I’m lying in the hammock on the deck reading a book while they’re homeschooling. Sometimes I’m sitting at the table helping them while they’re homeschooling. It’s all just living life together. So, how many hours a day does it take to homeschool? All of the hours and none of the hours because life is learning.
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Me wearing makeup and not looking like a clown. Hallelujah! It’s quite a story (link in bio for the full story of my make up with makeup). I opened my makeup bag an hour before the arrival of a professional photographer and found my stash completely unusable: hardened, dried out, rancid, empty. And so, I scrambled to make the best of it. I ran to my teenage daughter’s stash, which consisted of products she inherited from her grandmother and gifts she received from friends as a pre-teen. Looking in the mirror, I saw a stranger. A teenage grandma stranger. A stranger who all the bullies were right about. A stranger who betrayed all my principles. A stranger who could not live up to her mother’s standards. It’s a miracle I didn’t dissolve into a puddle of grief laden tears. (I saved that for the following day.) This experience, though hard, was an invitation that presented me with an opportunity for growth that I hadn’t been able to access while my mother was with me. And if you know me at all, you know I am all about bravely doing. the. work.
