When the Middle Feels Like the End: A March Reflection for the Weary Homeschool Mom
The winter has worn long, the ink of new beginnings from January has smudged into something faded and tired, and spring-oh, spring-still feels like a rumor whispered by a world that hasnโt quite thawed yet.
You stand in the middle of the homeschool year, and somehow, it feels like its crumbling to the end.
When Winter Lingers: Strength for the Slow Shift to Spring
March is a funny month. The world is supposed to be waking up-buds pushing through cold soil, birds testing out their morning songs; but, most days, it still feels like winter.
And inside your home? It feels like winter there, too. The kids are restless. The lessons feel like a hamster wheel instead of a spark. You catch yourself sighing more than smiling, counting the hours until bedtime, wondering if youโre even making a dent in their education-or if itโs all just slipping through cracksโฆ
Burnout, Balance, and the Beauty of Slowing Down: A Homeschool Momโs Guide to February
February is that awkward middle child of the homeschool year. The excitement of new books and fresh planners from January? Fading. Spring? Too far away. Right now, youโre caught in the gray, trudging through lessons while your kids bounce off the walls or slump over their math work.
Itโs the time of year when the days feel long, the patience feels short, and you start questioning if youโre even cut out for this. Sound familiar? Youโre not alone.
A Fresh Start for Your Homeschool: Grace, Goals, and Godโs Faithfulness
January always feels like an invitation, doesnโt it? An invitation to pause, reflect, and begin again. The start of a new year carries a kind of hopeโa quiet whisper that reminds us of Godโs promise: His mercies are new every morning.
But letโs be honest. Homeschooling in January can feel more like trudging through the snow in mismatched socks than a fresh start. The books are still piled on the table, the lesson plans are half-finished, and your coffee is coldโagain. Youโre wondering if youโre doing enough, if youโre enough.
Hereโs the truth: you donโt have to be enough.
Empowering Christian Homeschooling: A Comprehensive Guide to Faith-Fueled Learning
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11/1/2023
Don't play dumb to make someone else feel smart-that's manipulation. Love doesn't manipulate, love doesn't shame, love doesn't even have to be reciprocated to be kind. Love isn't a doormat to walk on others or to be walked upon. Love is kind,exceedingly kind.
If you get that right, many other areas of your life will-
9/25/2023
In our day to day, especially when we feel the busyness of daily life, itโs easy to feel pressured. Pressures of to do lists, meals to prepare, sippy cups to fill, and spills to wipe.
We pour over our people until our own cups feel dry.
And in those moments of tired, we can revert to feelings of empty. And this is where it happens, weary digs deep and our feelings try to get the final say.
Yes, we love our people, but our mouths stop speaking life to them. Yes, we adore our wild blessings, but we start parenting from our feelings instead.
Love, if given the chance to sit at your table, would say thisโฆ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ, ๐ถ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ. You get that right and many other things will unfold unforced into place.
8/14/2023
While I adore a beautiful decorated space, I lean more practical because of the season of life we are in. My decorating style(๐๐ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐จ ๐๐พ๐๐ผ๐พ๐๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐บ๐ ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐ ๐พ) didnโt seem to fit traditional or modern, minimalist or maximalist.
8/7/2023
I find myself spending time with lists lately, small ways to remember and double check all the things. Like, maybe these lists will keep time and prevent the losing of time or that maybe theyโll help me not miss these not to be missed moments. And what Iโve found is the best way to not miss moments is often to lay the lists down and look up.
Go ahead & ask
Itโs the questions that propel us forward, not the answers themselves, this purpose-filled space where we shift from one point to another.
When I was in nursing school, we did a required rotation in the operating room. At the time, I was interested in working in this specialty areaโฆ
6/1/2023
I find it ironic how we try to measure sin for God. We think we understand the gravity of sin more than our omniscient God does. Our human minds try to give sins levels of shame, piling guilt higher than we believe Jesus Christ has already covered.
We question if God can โ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฆโ our humanity, our wrongs. When we do this-whether we realize it, whether we intend to-we are trying to minimize God, to limit His presence, power, perfection. In essence, we are trying to push God away, hold Him past arms length, even trying to avoid facing how genuinely incomplete we are without His Holy Spirit in our soul. We are avoiding repentance, confession, communion, holy wholeness.
Maybe itโs guilt. Maybe itโs shame.
Maybe itโs just our human brains just cannot wrap our head around the fullness of holy, how weโll never be able to earn the limitless grace weโve been gifted.
๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ง ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐บ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด; ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ. -๐ฑ๐๐๐บ๐๐โฌ โญ๐ฃ๐ฃโฌ:โญ๐จโฌ โญ
