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Midday Life Update: A Quiet House Still Feels Like a Full Life
I wish I was able to say by mid-morning, the house had settled into a calm rhythm. Gerald is here with me, but Charlie and Bradley are awake making food before they leave for work. Doing what they need to do for the day. Once they leave it will be quiet, but it’s not empty. There’s a difference I’ve learned to notice more clearly lately. I need to do a load of dishes to keep the house moving in its usual slow cycle, and a few small things need to be picked up here and there, and the normal rhythm of keeping a home going is still happening in the…
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We’re in the “Almost Summer” Phase and Everyone Is Running on Empty
In my city school will be out next week. Families are in the “Almost Summer” Phase and Everyone Is Running on Empty. Especially me. How about? For my friends and family there is a specific stretch of the year where everything feels like it’s in between. School isn’t quite over yet. Summer hasn’t started. Routines are still in place, but no one is really operating at full capacity anymore. This is the “almost summer” phase. The time of year I would like to hide. Energy is lower. Patience is thinner. Schedules feel heavier than they did a month ago, even if nothing has technically changed. It’s not burnout in the…
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Starting Over With Grace (A Motherhood Reset)
???? I don’t know about in your home but this morning I am starting over with Grace and wanted to share this (Mother’s Reset) with you. If you need a reset as well your welcome to come and join me on the front porch. Before we go outside, I wanted to remind you some days aren’t about fixing everything or getting ahead. They’re just about starting where you are and starting over doesn’t always look big or dramatic. Most of the time it shows up in small, quiet ways — wiping the counters down again, opening the windows to reset the air in the house, or deciding that today doesn’t…
Living a simple lifestyle from the front porch
