The decision to homeschool can feel like a mammoth resolution. Believe me, I know. I am not so far removed to forget, but looking back on our homeschool journey I can hardly believe we are nearing our seventh year! How is this possible? I don’t know, but I do know this. This has been one of THE BEST decisions I have ever made.
Read MoreGardening is such an experience of the mind, heart, and senses, and I am here to encourage you that there are big and small ways to teach your children through the experience of a garden project. We have accomplished this in the simplest of forms from seedlings in Ziploc baggies + baby sprouts, to 1/2 our entire yard converted to garden space.
Read MoreThis is such a fun post to begin, because it feels like you are standing at my yellow door. Sincerely, I cannot wait to let you into our HIVEhome. This is especially true in light of our current circumstances as a world-community enduring a pandemic and the precautions there of, such as social distancing. Today as we launch this post, what was supposed to be a simple tour of our home + how we live in it (which is already vulnerable) has instead become an invitation in a deeper sense. This moment feels so significant to me. In essence, I am welcoming you into my home via the only way know how at this moment. It is not lost on me that I am not alone in deeply missing the ability to invite others into the community of my home.
Read MoreIn recent months, even before the many changes brought on by COVID-19, my husband and I have been emotionally "checking- in,” so to speak. For us, this was a need with or without potential crisis or looming unknowns, but with the added stress of current events, it has been essential. In doing so, it became apparent that in the same way my husband and I need to talk daily about our current thoughts and feelings, our children needed to do the same. They were starting to ask questions and beginning to connect our hushed tones and preparations with what was going on in the world. We'd been having appropriate conversations along the way, but none the less, they were being affected.
Read MoreSweet gatherings with little hands + hearts on an occasion set aside for focusing on the love of one another is something I can assuredly appreciate. In fact, I love it, because life is sweet and those we love are worth celebrating - on more than one occasion.
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