Natural vs Inevitable

I stared at the status in disbelief.Wait. No. That can’t be right. I read it several more times. Then things began to click.This is real. Those other ominous updates make sense now.I read it again.  “No! No! NO!”Facebook had just delivered...

The Homeschool Convention aka How to Slay a Dragon.

I attended my First Homeschool Convention last weekend. It was a Wonderland of Home Education Information. Non stop sessions with Talking Heads providing the latest and greatest tips on parenting, home schooling, history, constitutional law. You name it! They got it....
Remembering

Remembering

Liz & Phil, Christmas 1987 It’s been 24 years since my brother passed away. He died in a motorbike accident when I was 17. For reasons I don’t fully understand, my family and I don’t really talk about Phillip. All those years ago, I remember...
Toxic Fumes

Toxic Fumes

There’s nothing quite so Satisfying as an evening walk with the family. Running and skipping down the road with the kids. Chatting with the hubby. Making the dog happy.And there’s nothing quite so Annoying as the Sacred Family Walk being interrupted by...
The Kindergarten Graduate

The Kindergarten Graduate

Well, my first Kindergarten Graduation was just splendid. We arrived about 20 mins before the official start, and I was so bummed that we had to sit in the 3rd last row. No worries. I have no qualms about blocking everyone’s view to get pictures of MY child!...