faith
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Right Here, Right Now
“If we let ourselves, we shall always be waiting for some distraction or other to end before we can really get down to our work. The only people who achieve much are those who want knowledge so badly that they… Continue reading
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Lighting of a Fire
“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” -William Butler Yeats My mom was a preschool teacher for 25 years. She recently asked me when I was going to start my 4 year old… Continue reading
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Good Eggs and Guineas
“It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for a bird to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go… Continue reading
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Garden Gatekeeper
“Dear friend, don’t let the bustling culture determine the needs of your own children. You get to choose how they grow up. You can protect their time, energy, and imagination. You are the gatekeeper of the garden of their childhood.”… Continue reading
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New Horizons
“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” William Faulkner I am at a place in my life where I am feeling pulled in two different directions and no matter how… Continue reading
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So, you want to Homestead….
“It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.” – Confucius This quote embodies my thoughts on homesteading. Many people are overwhelmed by the thought of homesteading and all the work and investments of… Continue reading
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In the Brambles
“Go back?” he thought. “No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!” So up he got, and trotted along with his little sword held in front of him and one hand feeling… Continue reading
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Goat Kisses
“Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.” – Samuel Johnson It has been a hot minute since I wrote a blog post because I am in the midst of what goat people know as kidding season. Those… Continue reading
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How do I do it all?
“Sometimes I can feel my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I’m not living.” Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close This quote has always resonated deep within my soul because I have this zest for… Continue reading
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Motherhood and Potatoes
“A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take.”Cardinal Mermillod I have never in my life been a baby person. Babies are noisy, messy, helpless little creatures without any… Continue reading
Radiant Roots 