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  • Spring Flowers

    Spring is upon us and we are getting so excited to work in the garden. We started some seedlings this past weekend and can see some sprouts already coming up. This is very exciting to my children as we have been reading “Little Flower Folks” with our Gentle Feast Curriculum. These first seeds are flower…

  • Remember that time in 2020

    Remember that time in 2020

    I wanted to take some time to reflect over this year as it closes. So here is our “Remember that time…” We had to say goodbye to our friends and loved-ones in Dubai much sooner than we anticipated, even while being in the same country during the lockdown. Our children weren’t able to play with…

  • The Kettle That’s Cooked a Thousand Stews

    The Kettle That’s Cooked a Thousand Stews

    When a kettle has cooked a thousand stews, it is just getting started.

  • Slow and Easy

    The season of Advent doesn’t really mesh well with the way that we used to rush through our days.

  • No one gives…

    No one gives…

    No one gives…. The right words, that can be a balm to your wounds. That can pick you up off the ground when you feel that you have fallen flat on your face. That can give you hope that lasts. That settles your soul instead of disturbing it. The right attention, that is selfless. That…

  • The Bright Side

    The Bright Side

    We can all be an Eeyore. It’s the reason that while he is so grumpy, we all secretly love him and identify with him. If we took stock of our own reflections and attitudes during the day, we would probably land on his side of the shore, far away from the optimists. Even when we…

  • Thanksgiving

    All of us have experienced this time in the world differently- some of it is the same, but much of it is different depending on our location, our job, our economic situation, our family situation, or what country we live in. We all have circles, like those pictured in a Venn-diagram, overlapping and touching in…

  • Around the Spinney

    One thing that we really love to do together as a family is to read and listen to good books. When our first two children were 4 and 2, our favorite story to listen to was “Winnie the Pooh.” We had the physical copies of the book and we also had the audiobook version with…

  • Relationship over Resource

    While we were in transition, I missed our stuff a lot. I missed all of the resources that we have accumulated over the years for homeschool and playing. But what I realized over the last few weeks is that these things cannot replace me with my children. They are just tools, that can be used…

  • God’s Faithfulness

    God’s Faithfulness

    I don’t have much time to write these days and that is probably a good thing. Little blurbs will pop into my head, but I’ll forget what I wanted to say by the time I get a chance to sit down. There’s honestly not much sitting down that goes on without someone asking me to…

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