![]() Heads up: This weekend may feel a little odd. Because usually there’s a different pace for the weekend. Kids are off school after a busy week, many parents are off work, but now, for the moment, that’s everyday. ( I know, you are working through schoolwork with the kids during the week, but finding a different pace and energy of connection with them during the weekend is more important than ever.) So, I wanted to pop in with a couple of suggestions to shift things up a bit over the next couple of days. So you can create flow and light within the texture of your week:
Yes, sometimes there will be screentime and sometimes there will be dry cereal for dinner moments to give yourself a moment to sit in the bathroom and listen to a 5 minute meditation. That's ok. You are showing your kids that balance comes from within. That you turn to within and your spiritual source when the going gets tough. In order to serve you to the best that I can, and support you with all my heart, I am going to be off Facebook for Saturday and part of Sunday. I am putting more consistent, foundational tools in place next week so you will feel the stability of that. Just know that the steps are being put in place as we navigate this together. In the meantime, breathe deep, take a pause from this head traffic and give yourself permission to be within this Weekend. Leave your worries in a worry jar, whisper them to the Universe and let things unfold on their own until you open that jar up again on Monday. (You’ll be surprised what the universe can deliver when we aren’t looking.)
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Well, the school’s been phoned, registration is next week and my eldest starts on the 4th.
And while I sit in my room with fingers crossed that she won’t like it, my girl is eagerly excited to start her first day in high school. She won’t like it… right? Surely! But still, she will try it. We’ve homeschooled since day one and the reasons behind that have been varied. Yes, I’ve wanted them to have individual educational experiences, with the space to follow their passions and interests. Yes, I love the freedom. We’ve not done half enough traveling as we intended and world schooling is knocking at my heart begging to give it a try… but still the ability to know we can go when we want etc. That’s important to me. But mostly, I love being together. I love sharing our worlds together. I’ve loved homeschooling, despite the scattered and sometimes confusing time of it we’ve had over the years. And although my eldest is off to try high school because she’s always been curious, we still have 2 here at home with us. So, today I thought I’d share what resources we’ll be using this year. (Because people often ask!) As parents, we can observe our children, watch their behaviors and mannerisms and basically try to guess how they truly feel about something they are experiencing. Sure we can ask them honest questions, but deep down, we know there’s a chance the answer being given is the one our children assume we want to hear.
Often our children might not know their inner truths themselves. In my own experience, it is only in the still of the night, when all is calm, that I can quietly feel my way to how things are unfolding for my children and if there’s any new ways I can support them. Early on this year in one of these moments, I suddenly found myself feeling the need to help our, then 13 year old, daughter, Gia, and I’m so glad that once we acknowledged the issue, we were able to allow in such a glorious solution. She's going to share her thoughts and experiences with you in a moment... but here's some background. January 2016 was a strange month in our homeschooling journey. She’d pushed herself through some painful lessons on line before Christmas the month before, had plowed through a workbook that had given her no joy. Our Gia is our natural joy-lover. |
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