The day I quit homeschooling didn’t feel particularly dramatic. Still, relief poured over me as I called the little Montessori-inspired school and asked about enrolling my son after Christmas. Because I was NOT cut out to homeschool. I had given it an honest try. I had put my whole heart and soul into it, and…
When I was in high school, I decided that I needed to like coffee. My friends had started liking coffee. A few even worked at coffee shops before Starbucks came to our town, and so they would make me coffee drinks with syrups and whipped cream, and I would try to enjoy them. But coffee…
I heard something kind of life-changing this week: If you’re exhausted and overwhelmed, step back and cut out everything that isn’t a necessity. ~ Crystal Paine I wasn’t looking for this piece of advice. I found it in the course of doing my job. And to be clear, this advice goes directly against everything that I’ve believed in…
This past week, despite all Instagram indications to the contrary, was a very hard anxious week for me. It should have been calm and lovely. But that’s the thing about anxiety. “Despite all indications to the contrary,” should be its slogan. Because anxiety is tricky. It’s different than it’s partner-in-crime worry, because worry is reasonable. But anxiety pops…