obedience

  • back to work || October edition

    I want to take occasional opportunities over this school year to document some of the thoughts and feelings that are emerging as a back-to-work mom. There’s no telling just what I’ll cover here or what will come up. In case you missed it, I’ve returned to full-time teaching this school year under special and unique circumstances. Continue reading

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  • The Great Purging

    About two or three times each year, I have a huge emotional come-apart when I see our kids’ playroom. There’s stomping, pouting, threats, crying, and anger. And that’s just me. I see my kids cower in wide-eyed fear of their mother on a mission. I feel justified in making this scene because usually only months Continue reading

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  • fourth quarter

    It’s October. And that means that the final three months of 2015 are here. This year is 3/4 of the way over and only 1/4 of it is left. I’ve been checking in here all year with my goals and hopeful outcomes for the year. A reflection going into 2015 can be found here. A Continue reading

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  • teach them diligently [rest]

    Welcome to the tenth installment of my Teach Them Diligently series. If you’re new here and would like to see the other topics, click below. January [ironing] February [the oven] March [saving] April [safety] May [purging] June [written correspondence] July [cleaning the bathroom] August [planning] September [shopping on a budget] One of my goals for this Continue reading

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  • don’t go it alone

    Over this weekend, our almost twelve year old son was “hired” for the job of taking care of our neighbor’s dog, Winston. This sounded like the perfect opportunity for Thomas to gain some independence, foster responsibility, and earn a little pocket change. Before our neighbors left town, they instructed Thomas on the process for feeding Continue reading

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  • our stories continue…

    I’ve been a bit of an emotional mess these past few weeks. I know it’s the new tempo our family is keeping with back-to-school, a new co-op, and a new job for me; all big transitions, all at the same time! I know we will settle in but in the meantime I have had to Continue reading

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  • back to work || august edition

    I want to take occasional opportunities over this school year to document some of the thoughts and feelings that are emerging as a back-to-work mom. There’s no telling just what I’ll cover here or what will come up. Less than one month in, here are my discoveries and truths I’m telling myself. Maybe they’ll offer some Continue reading

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  • 5 Ways to Savor The Lull

    This article originally appeared here on the National Military Family Association’s blog. ***** Over the past few years, military life has afforded our family many changes and calamities. We have survived a deployment, a reintegration, and we moved across the country (again). We have closed up shop at one duty station and set up our lives Continue reading

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  • back to school thoughts

    Our first day of school at the Wood Academy is now history and changes are underway. A lot of new changes are underway. SOMEONE’S GOING BACK TO SCHOOL. It’s not Thomas. It’s not Mae. It’s not Kate.  It’s ME! And I’m not going back as a student, but as the teacher! Full-time! Over the past year, Continue reading

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  • what I learned in july

    This year, I’ve been keeping up with what I am learning each month a ‘la Emily P. Freeman. Here’s what Emily has to say about the practice: “At the end of every month, we have a regular practice here of looking back before moving forward. While some of the deeper, more in-process things I may keep Continue reading

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