So here’s what I learned this summer, in five quick notes: I can do hard things. I’ve already talked about all the house and yard stuff we did this summer, so I won’t rehash it here. But in all the projects and scheduling and details, I learned that I really can do hard things....
Category: Engage: Life
Do the Quiet Things Well
We are hosting a wedding in our backyard in less than a month, so there’s A LOT of work to do. And I’m learning this week that it’s very hard to do the quiet things well. It isn’t as hard, really, to do the big, flashy things. Not that they aren’t hard work. They...
Halfway
We are at the halfway point of summer. Usually, of course, I’m totally a glass-half-empty kind of girl. But I’m not really sad about it. I simply realized this week that we’re pretty close to the halfway mark, give or take a few days. And while it would be totally easy to make it...
Best Thing for Kids
We try very hard not to overschedule ourselves. My general rule is that the kids can do two things at once, which seems to make things manageable. So we do Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts, sports, and other random activities, too. But halfway through our second year, I’m absolutely certain that 4H is one of the...
Parenting Process
What I learned in June #1: I have to encourage my children to focus on the process, not the end goal. It sounds so simple, but it’s not. Not really. Because, if I’m honest, I do not encourage my kids to focus on the process; what they mostly hear from me is that the...