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What No One Tells You About Keeping Chickens

The Definitive Moment… When life changes, there is sometimes a specific point in time when the shift becomes the new norm. Life can feel like a whirlwind, but there are those quiet moments when it strikes you, moments when you think, yes, this is definitely different. We wake up and truly feel the turn our …

Private schooling

Lessons from Private School

While I have loved homeschooling, it began to be problematic with one of my children. As an extrovert, my daughter gains energy from being around other people. She thrives with rigid structure. As she got older, homeschooling became a battleground. We both started to realize that, for the sake of our relationship, I needed to …

Homeschooling

What Homeschooling Taught Us

When I was first married – almost twenty years ago – we lived down the street from a homeschooling family. My husband and I had no experience with homeschooling, thought it was a crazy thing to do, and did not understand why anyone would choose to homeschool. Sometimes while I was working in the yard, …