About a month ago, I discovered that I somehow had earned enough points on my credit card to get a FitBit Charge....
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Have you ever followed a preschooler on a tricycle? Or gone for a walk, holding the hand of a toddler?
The pace is unbelievably slow. Like, pull-you-hair-out-just-for-the-stimulation slow. I could take three steps backward for every step forward and still outpace my child. I could walk to our destination and back 62 times and my kid would still be in the same spot, staring intently at a snail. Unless the snail was moving too fast for my kid to keep up with.
It’s taken me a long time to really understand that this slow speed is actually a gift.
This blog is about that slow pace of life. I’m not perfect — in fact, many of my posts are about my struggle to live up to my ideal because, well, my failures are often spectacular and hilarious.
Are you trying to live life in the slow lane? Let’s do it together. We’ll figure it out as we go.
You know those times when your child asks you something and you're distracted so you just kind of mutter "sure,...
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This past month has been stupidly hot. And I don't like hot. I lie around on the couch moaning to...
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Earlier this year, I tried several different times to do a "Day in the Life" post because I love reading these...
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Have you ever wondered about our switch from Waldorf to Charlotte Mason education? This is why we moved from one to...
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Back in May, River put down her Calvin and Hobbes book and exclaimed that summer vacation was less than a month...
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