contentment
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after four years of homeschooling
This weekend, we celebrated the close of our fourth year of homeschooling. Like most years, it was a crawl-to-the-finish kind of ending. Each school year brings its unique challenges and this year was no exception. We have been here in Georgia less than a year. And when we moved here, we picked a neighborhood in a Continue reading
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the state of our garden: week 004
I almost hate to call these posts The State of Our Garden since I have done almost nothing toward putting in or maintaining it besides a trip to Lowe’s with Ryan and photographing our plants. I keep saying that my part comes when the harvest arrives. I’ll be cooking and canning and freezing. Right now, after Continue reading
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summer goals
I have been listening to Michael Hyatt’s podcasts for a few seasons now and I love the wisdom and ideas he inspires. Of of his practices he suggests for goal setting is to take a day (or several hours) and plan out your yearly goals in segments of 90 days at a time. I’ve planned Continue reading
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fussy mommy
If you’re like me, there’s a period of about two weeks every May that just about does you in. It’s the perfect storm of all of your school year commitments and obligations culminating into a period of several days. That storm was brewing for me last week. We finished our homeschool co-op, had the final Continue reading
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identity
Earlier this week I had to go to the DEERS office on post to relinquish my soon-to-expire military ID card. I brought along a second form of photo identification, my power of attorney and a hopeful attitude that the whole process would be quick and painless. (Two words rarely associated with any office on a Continue reading
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sharing our stories
I’m reading Sally Clarkson’s Desperate right now and this quotation struck me the other night. Every person has a different story. We are all living our own. We all aim to live the best story possible. I needed the reminder that I must trust that it is God who will faithfully lead and guide me. Continue reading
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it’s not the one who plants or the one who waters
This year I have taken notice of the many metaphors with plants and growth. I have written about my own Failure to Thrive and the important repotting process. I have written about how you can have All the Right Moves, and sometimes the process ends up being more important that the product. I have written about how Continue reading
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on purpose
I knew it would only be a matter of time. I’ve been writing and planning and editing and organizing my thoughts for this space. I come here ready most days each week. (Although technically, I’m getting better at planning content and posts in advance.) I come here faithfully not for you, but for me. It Continue reading
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the g-string
In the late summer of 2012, a few months before Ryan left for a tour in Afghanistan, he bought a guitar. He’d had some musical experience growing up. He took piano for a few years and knew some basic reading of music, but for the most part, I can say that he has taught himself Continue reading
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permission
This year, I have made it a priority to ensure that I get myself back on track in many areas I have neglected. There have been many transitions over the past few years and what I am learning is that stream-of-change isn’t unique to me, to military spouses, or even just to women and mothers. Continue reading
elizabeth Claire Wood 