Never outgrow your car

2nd Blog-iversary!

Anne — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:00:27 +0000

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Well, this is more like a belated blog-iversary post, but as you know it’s been a busy year for us.

I can’t believe that it has been two years since I started this blog!

So what does “never outgrow your car” mean to me now? Obviously, it isn’t really possible to be a family . . . → Read More: 2nd Blog-iversary!

Counting up to 40

Anne — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:06:28 +0000

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In 40 days I will be 40 years old. In many ways this seems incomprehensible. As my oldest friend who recently turned 40 said, “I just don’t relate to that number.”

My childhood memories of people in my life turning 40 are of over-the-hill parties and endless jokes about being old. I was 20 . . . → Read More: Counting up to 40

Who’s schooling who?

Anne — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:00:30 +0000

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While homeschooling is no longer considered fringe, we are certainly a minority in the world of education. I get asked a lot of questions about our homeschooling choices and thought I’d share some things about it here.

We’ve had great days and bad days and everything in between, but I think the secret to . . . → Read More: Who’s schooling who?

Homeschool-iversary!

Anne — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:53:57 +0000

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We’ve survived a whole year of home schooling! Actually, I should probably say we’ve thrived through our first year of homeschooling.

I’ve tried dozens of times to write this post, but by the time I find the time to write, I’ve convinced myself that no one would be interested in what I have to . . . → Read More: Homeschool-iversary!

Finding Stillness

Anne — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:13:14 +0000

But I find myself still yearning for the boredom that might quiet my mind enough to allow me to hear my inner knowing and to be more present. . . . → Read More: Finding Stillness

Arrival

Anne — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 14:01:15 +0000

But looking back now on this move I feel like I ate an elephant. . . . → Read More: Arrival

In my mind I’m going to Carolina

Anne — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 05:34:55 +0000

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In early 2011 we began exploring the idea of moving overseas. During this process we realized that even if we never got the chance to move to Paris, we were ready to move somewhere.

We decided we wanted to live:

- in a bigger city that offered more culturally - somewhere more diverse - . . . → Read More: In my mind I’m going to Carolina

Getting bored

Anne — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:00:06 +0000

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There are two kinds of bored. The good kind, where you don’t have anything to do and you haven’t figured out what you are going to do next. And the bad kind, where you are doing something, but you wish you weren’t.

My boys tell me regularly that they are bored. They don’t realize . . . → Read More: Getting bored

Instincts

Anne — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:00:19 +0000

We were all raised to do what we were told by our parents at home and by our teachers at school and by our coaches and doctors and of course there is a need for this some of the time. But when were we taught the importance of listening to our own inner voice? To our own bodies? When our body feels tired , we need to rest. When our bodies tell us that we are full, we should stop eating. When our bodies tell us (through reactions to stress) that we need to slow down and relax, we need to do it. Ignoring our inner voice and messages from our bodies is going to get us fat, tired and stressed or worse. Just as ignoring our fear of a situation could mean finding ourselves in danger. Is it any surprise when we become adults that are so un-used to listening to our inner wisdom that we then look for any pundit, nutritional expert or self-help guru to tell us what to do, what to eat and how to think. Are they telling us anything that we wouldn’t already know if we were listening to our inner wisdom? . . . → Read More: Instincts

Away we go

Anne — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:00:51 +0000

I started paying attention to the little voice inside that said, "this is not the education you want for your kids. Dig deeper. Find out what is going on. Look for another way." . . . → Read More: Away we go