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
Traditions… reflections… twice a year our family takes part in a conference… right from our living room. It is a conference for our church and we have found some fun and unique ways to enjoy the time together as a family. Getting little ones to sit still in church is often like herding cats – it… Continue Reading
From the Archives, March 2010 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “When from depths of soul, spirit turns to world being, and beauty streams forth from the vastness of space, then, from heavenly distances, power of life enters our bodies, uniting, with powerful effect, spirit’s essence with our being.” ~ Calendar of the Soul, week 52, Rudolf Steiner There is… Continue Reading
From the archives, March 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Last week was crazy busy and I came to one conclusion… I must slow down a bit, lol, at least until this little person comes. We have a lot going on in our home and our community but after a few long hours of preterm contractions I decided my… Continue Reading
From the Archives, March 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our family has been celebrating Eostar/Spring Equinox for years. As a blended family, on years when my older children are with their birth father, we have traditionally had our Easter celebration on this day. This year we will just celebrate the coming spring and the beauty of newness all… Continue Reading
From the archives, March 2009 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I wanted to take the opportunity of the upcoming holiday to sneak in another saint for my daughter’s grade two lessons. We have been working to really combine all we can – in Waldorf schooling (home and classroom) many things are accomplished at once, so one lesson might have… Continue Reading
From the Archives, February 2012 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have had this sweet little book on my night table for the last little bit. When I am not wrestling a baby to sleep, I take a moment to read it to Super Sam…he is in that delicate place between 5 and 6…that place where he’s still… Continue Reading
This entry is part 6 of 8 in the series Crafting a Healthy Home RhythmThis one is tough. Mental health. What does that mean exactly? ***** Good mental health doesn’t mean that you don’t have bad days. It doesn’t mean you are the perfect mother. It doesn’t mean even than you are medication free. Good… Continue Reading
From the archives, March 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What a busy two weeks, we didn’t get a ton of handwork done so yesterday I sat down and finally got this sweet dress finished. I have the yarn for the matching pants and sweater on order… it will be in the purple from the dress. Baby knitting has… Continue Reading
This entry is part 5 of 8 in the series Crafting a Healthy Home RhythmThis is where we have to be super honest with ourselves. Are we really committed? How badly do we want this? And if we really do but we are still failing (or just not meeting the mark we are setting) then… Continue Reading