From the archives, June 2010 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A dear friend of mine occasionally forwards to me a weekly Kabbalah message when she thinks it might pertain to some of the things we are working on. She sent me one recently that really made me think about choice and commitment. Sometimes we think they are one in… Continue Reading
From the Archives, April 2010 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On our Yahoo! Group over the last few days, we have been talking about “keeping it real” - being honest as women about our days verses assuming that all the pretty blogs are an actually how the lives of those families go. It made me think about a… Continue Reading
From the archives….January 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I love Sunday. I woke up early… I know, I am obsessed, but I was so glad that I did. I had enough time to make banana bread for everyone. I normally rise early enough on Sunday to get easy bread started in the mixer and lunch in the crock… Continue Reading
From the archives, January 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My dear friend and sometimes partner in crime, Lauri Bolland sent this beautiful message to our Yahoo! Group and I got her permission to share. So often we stand back waiting for everything to be perfect rather than just doing, walking forward, learning as we go. We can’t get… Continue Reading
From the Archives, April 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I normally leave most of the parenting topics to my dear friend Carrie over at The Parenting Passageway, but recently we have had a bunch of parenting discussions on our yahoo group and I thought I would address some of them here. Now keep in mind with over 1100… Continue Reading
From the archives, February 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sometimes when I feel the laziest about heading to church, those are the days with that one golden message and I want to kick myself for wanting to keep my tired pregnant bones in bed. Last Sunday was one of those days. Erik and I are taking a series… Continue Reading
I often get emails from eager parents, some seasoned, some new to the method and they feel crushed when they have excitedly shared their love of Waldorf education with family or friends. I am often reminded of the verse in the New Testament about casting pearls before swine. Now I am NOT suggesting that your… Continue Reading
This entry is part 2 of 8 in the series Crafting a Healthy Home RhythmNow many people want to know what on earth God has to do with their child and their rhythm and their ability to homeschool. Everything. We are living in a time when reliance on the Spirit is seen as weakness and… Continue Reading
This entry is part 1 of 8 in the series Crafting a Healthy Home RhythmThe other day, someone told me, “If Dr.Wayne Dyer can be called the father of intention, then Melisa you are the mother of rhythm and the guardian of the will.” Maybe I am. It sounds a bit silly. I have written… Continue Reading
From the Archives, December 2008 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have heard this from many moms lately – most of them are moms new to the method. I try hard to not chuckle because when I started down this path there really was very little in the way of support. Eric Fairman’s guides were about the only guides… Continue Reading