Minding My Peas

The Glass Castle

December 23, 2022 Uncategorized No Comments

We entered this glass castle together, across the the moat of uncertainty, into a morass of tangled hallways and rooms. The rooms all different shapes and sizes, all made of glass, unique prisms entangling and reflecting the light around us. Attendents conduct us along the pathways. Brief flickers of the…

Homeschool Beginnings

August 30, 2022 Home Education 4 Comments

Ah, September… when thoughts turn to education and new beginnings. We’re entering our sixth official year of homeschool this year. I use the word ‘official’ just to clarify that we’re talking about the arbitrary length of time in a year, during which most people agree that children ought to be…

When the foundations shift

When Sieg was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes back in August of 2020, it felt like getting punched out in a fight we didn’t know we were in. One. Two. Aaaaand I’m down. I put my chin down and fists up and started trying to get back on my feet,…

When goodness abounds…

May 3, 2022 Creative Writing No Comments

Holy Lord of all the ages,Let me to thy haven fly,Let me rise to seek thee early,Let my hunger never die. Feed me with thy blessed gospel,Let me plead Thee all my days.Thou, who gave this sinner new lifeStay with me, now and always. All throughout the pains of this…

Reading Challenge Update: February 2022

March 9, 2022 Reading Challenge Uncategorized 1 Comment

Hello all! February was a bit of a slow reading month. I’m well into all of my 5×5 challenge reads, but have not completed many of them yet. I think March will be the month that I finish the first slew of those. I finished 9 books this month and…

Educational Loop Reading: February 2022

February 15, 2022 Reading Challenge Reading Life 1 Comment

Hello all! After a busy few months we’re getting back into our routines, at least for a while. This year I’d like to share what I have going in my reading loop each month, partly to keep myself accountable and on track with my challenge reading, and partly to show…

Changing With the Seasons

November 16, 2021 Daily Life: Celebrating Motherhood's Moments No Comments

In what seems like the blink of an eye this year, summer has given way to fall, and fall is gently ebbing towards winter. The more time we spend outside, the more I notice this gentle trajectory of all living things, pushing through different cycles of growth. Families aren’t so…

Reading Challenge 2021 ~ October Update

November 11, 2021 Reading Challenge No Comments

Ten days late, but I’m here with my October reading update! This latter section of year has been rough on ye olde reading challenge, but I felt like I started to get my groove back in October. I made a lot of progress in the reading challenge books I was…

Reading Challenge 2021 – September Update

October 1, 2021 Reading Challenge Reading Life No Comments

School has started, we are finding our new groove (because no year is ever exactly the same!) And thank goodness. My reading challenge really took a beating in July and August between school planning and getting that first month under our belt. Yet, here we are and life goes on.…

Every Second Of A Life

September 21, 2021 Creative Writing Daily Life: Celebrating Motherhood's Moments No Comments

As children, we expect adulthood to be an attainable moment that we simply arrive at, and then life begins. I certainly expected that I would feel like a real adult when I turned 18. And when that failed, supposed 21 might be the magic moment. But the reality is that…