Basketball Magritte

For me, this is the ultimate symbol of how I feel I lose my own identity as I get lost in the day to day details of being the mom of a kid (oh eek! TWO kids again!) who plays high school sports. In the spring and fall that could be a soccer ball up [...]

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Weekly Wrap-Up

It’s hard to believe that we hit the last days of August this week. August was one very hot, very long month here in Wingfield yet I can’t believe that it’s over! We started September off with a trip to Vanderbilt Sports Medicine because Austin broke his heel a couple of weeks ago. The Klimt [...]

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There is HOPE!

A year and a half ago I blogged about this embarrassing story out of Texas where a Christian school basketball team slaughtered their opponents 100-0. To refresh your memory: 100-0 Game Is Your Fault Coach Grimes My responses: Christian Sportsmanship and Entitlement Mentality My new heros! A couple of things have happened across the country  [...]

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Call me an unschooling drop-out!

Interestingly, Sharon Astyk blogged about unschooling this week.  She does touch on some of the things that were troubling me. I still like many of the ideas about unschooling, but it just doesn’t ‘feel’ right in our home school. Maybe it’s about me and my control issues and maybe that’s not a bad thing. I [...]

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This snow is driving me NUTS!

We are now stranded at home for the second day, following a precarious trip home from a Nashville basketball game. I am going NUTS, because my brain is having serious connection issues! My eyes see the MAYBE three inches of snow on the ground, my brain says (based on years of experience) ‘it ain’t nothin’ [...]

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Looking Back ~ The First Decade of the Millenium

My friend Sherri asked this question on Facebook: How has your life changed in the last 10 yrs? On January 14th, 2000 I worked my very last day outside of the home.  I gave up an excellent salary and a nice office to stay home with my three children.  At that time they were 2 [...]

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Home…. STILL!

I’m excited to see what this school year is going to bring to our family.  For the first time in YEARS we will have NO outside activities in the evening during the week, except actual basketball games which are really more fun than work. Of course, we went on vacation for two weeks in September.  [...]

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Home, at last!

First day back after our two week trip to visit family in Illinois.  I’m sitting at the computer pondering whether I should make coffee or go snooze for another 20 minutes or so.    There is a load of laundry ready to fold, too.   And school planning….  argh. Back in July, I scheduled the month of [...]

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The sun rises…

A new day dawns and things are looking much better. Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee [...]

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God's timing is always perfect!

Princess rolled her ankle during her very first basketball game of the season.  Badly.  Monday we will prayerfully find out that it is not broken and nothing is torn or seriously damaged.  Yes, she’s struggling a bit with ‘And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, [...]

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Everything changes in an instant…

One rebound, one foot in the wrong place, another foot coming down on that foot and suddenly our plans for the next few weeks are in complete disarray. Princess rolled her ankle at her first basketball game of the season.  First game, first quarter.  She’s heartbroken, but determined to do what she needs to do [...]

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