“If my life we’re a movie, it would be rated ‘R’ for language.” - my son, the Bibliophile 🤣
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Best Vacation Quote .... Yet!! {edited to say: the ‘R’ rated language my son speaks of is mine!} 😉
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We’ve been playing games, just finished another game of Boggle {we’ve long had to leave 3-letter words behind, soon to ditch 4-letter words!}, I got to ad-how volunteer to watch a Hawaiian Monk Seal sunning itself on the beach for a few hours, and thinking of going to the grotto for a mid-day date with my handsome husband.
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Hawaii-life is the life for me 🖤
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I’ve been wanting to hug this tree for years - the beautiful Banyan tree in the Old Lahaina Courthouse square.
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With 16 trunks, many man-made supports, and selective trimming, this gorgeous giver of life spans almost an acre.
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1 tree over 1 acre
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I hugged it, kissed it, thanked it, sang to it....took hundreds of images....
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Though the touristy Maui may not be my favorite Island in Hawaii, this tree may be 🖤
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What are your Hawaiian dreams?
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Because Hawaii is always the perfect size 🏝
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A Valentines Day that is not just a wonderful day to focus on love, but a remembrance of our love together.
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17 years ago he asked me to marry him, 6 months later, I said ‘I do’ 🖤
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This man, my husband, so full of love for me, our family, through all the ups and downs; I could have never imagined we’d be here - physically, emotionally.
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Love may be patient and kind, but doing the hard work...nobody tells you about that 🖤
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#canthelplovinthatmanofmine #engagedonvalentinesday #itisntallrainbowsandunicorns #itisntallrainbowsandunicornsbuttheresapotofgoldattheend #bikurgurl
{xposted on my home education IG account, Eclectic_Unschoolers}
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As I complete my big home education paper purge, I ran across this math worksheet.
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Wanting to please, wanting to learn, my oldest, my bibliophile, asked for math worksheets ad nauseam. It was the only subject he wasn’t several grade levels ahead of his peers. He was used to being the best, but he was “only” able to meet expectations for others in his grade range if he were in public school.
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I loved that he drew on the worksheets, claiming himself often to ‘not be an artist’, but upon closer inspection, this one shows the cry for help - literally - he had during this period of his life.
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I was having health issues. I wasn’t able to bring the joy, love, *enchantment* I’d worked so hard for so many years to bring into our home.
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A year later, I was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer. I’ve been cancer-free for four years this month, but it’s something I still get treated for and live with the effects daily.
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My cancer diagnosis and treatment, though not involving chemo and radiation, required several surgeries and resulted in a seismic shift in our home. In many ways, the changes in my health, energy, body, and mind persist to this day.
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Finding my way back to my new normal was in large part due to the very sage advice of @juliebravewriter - focusing on relationships, not checkboxes, and permission to be the fatally flawed human I am, was what helped pull me out of my own cries for help and support on this home education journey.
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Listening, again, to Julie’s book, The Brave Learner, I’m thankful to hear those kind words of compassion and support for us as home educators, parents, and our pursuit of positive relationships in my family.
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I’ve not always gotten it right, but I always see the value of trying to improve over and over again.
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What reflections do you want to see as you look back on your home education journey?
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Elizabeth Gilbert is such an inspiration. I loved Eat Pray Love! This year she posted a great idea on her FB page which I am now doing myself. It is to create a memory jar, where every day you note something that made you happy in that day. Then you fold it up and put it in the jar and read them at the end of the year.
A great thought provoking post! When I think about my work, I love it. But I would love more time to be able to write..I guess we all would 🙂
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Agreed! Being able to write, to put words down — one after the other — isn’t necessarily a challenge. Stringing those thoughts and ideas into coherent, cohesive, compelling characters, plot, and dialogue that intrigues others — captures their imagination? That’s the challenge I find my musings facing. Thanks so much for your thoughts! Write On!
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Definitely…you put this down in words perfectly 🙂 It is one thing capturing ideas and thoughts, but there is definite mechanics in devising plots and inventing characters. Have a fabulous weekend!
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