Entries Tagged as ‘Deep Thoughts’

October 17, 2007

Personality, Service, And Homeschooling

I was listening to a Thatmom podcast this evening and was so proud of myself for “getting” one of the points before it was even made. She was talking about what it means to be meek. I remember when I was younger the kinds of characters I loved in books. They were [...]

October 7, 2007

How To Homeschool While Irritable

For me, the answer to this question has been, don’t.
I haven’t been feeling well the last few days. Add to that some pregnancy hormones and generalized irritability and I’m a bit cranky. I actually haven’t been doing schoolwork with Piper because I don’t think I have the patience for it.
This could be a [...]

September 6, 2007

Personal Growth

I got a comment earlier today that really made me think.  When I started blogging I begain making connections with other bloggers.  Some of those connections were severed when we lost Sarah.  Over the past two and a half years I've toyed with the idea of rebuilding some, but I don't think it can be.  [...]

August 24, 2007

Something To Say

I was looking at my traffic here at Our Homeschool over the last few years.  Before February of 2005, when we lost Sarah, I had a small following of somewhere between 500 - 1000 hits per month.  Blogging was fun.  It was a way to talk about what we were doing and what was on [...]

August 19, 2007

Back To Our Homeschool

I had an epiphany the other day and it’s led me back to the Original title of this blog.  Understanding God’s ability to make perfect my weaknesses as a wife and mother is great, but really makes it all about me.  This blog, this journey, this family is so NOT all about me!
Our Homeschool, while [...]

September 28, 2006

Heart Pulling

Ciaran is already nine months old. He’s healthy and happy, and I have everything I’ve ever wanted. I have a wonderful husband with whom I have an incredible relationship. I have four beautiful children on earth who fill my days. I finally live in a house in a nice neighborhood. [...]

April 23, 2006

I’m Just Not That Perfect

I had an experience this past week that make me think about my blogging persona.  I met a mom whose blog I read and whose writing I admire greatly.  We discussed a bit about our online persona, and it was really the first time I’d thought about mine.  I think my tendency with my blog [...]