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Fascinated by Froebel
"Children are like tiny flowers; they are varied and need care, but each is beautiful alone and glorious when seen in the community of peers." ~ Frederich Froebel I have discovered a truly kindred spirit. When I was doing my Montessori teacher training over two decades ago, I remember hearing... Continue reading
Posted Sep 14, 2017 at bright peaces
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You can't kick a tomato plant to make it grow
Thank you for your prayers for Texas...now we need to pray hard for the Caribbean and Florida (and maybe Georgia and/or the Carolinas, depending on which way Irma decides to go. I have been thinking a lot in allegorical terms of plant growth and how it connects to our inner... Continue reading
Posted Sep 6, 2017 at bright peaces
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Prayers for Texas
Please join me in praying for Texas during this catastrophic flooding. We still have many family and friends there and a few in the Houston area. I also have a good number of family in East Texas between Houston and Louisiana that is being affected. Matushka Anna, who lives in... Continue reading
Posted Aug 29, 2017 at bright peaces
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Life is Beautiful
Our middle child is getting settled at Chapel Hill. It was lovely to encounter many volunteers waiting on the steps of the dorm to help freshman move into their new spaces. Everyone was so friendly and helpful. The goodbye was very hard, lots of tears for all of us, but... Continue reading
Posted Aug 24, 2017 at bright peaces
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Me and Mrs. Brown
I have so many things to write about but I really want to share this book. It has been a drink of cool water in a desert, this one. Mrs. Brown is someone to emulate and admire. To those around her in her small town of Ashville, Rhode Island, she... Continue reading
Posted Jul 30, 2017 at bright peaces
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Unsettling Beauty
"It is the Holy Spirit who makes us find joy in each flower, the exquisite scent, the delicate colour, the beauty of the Most High in the tiniest of things. Glory and honour to the Spirit, the Giver of Life, who covers the fields with their carpet of flowers, crowns... Continue reading
Posted Jul 12, 2017 at bright peaces
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The Nobody Club
I realized after reading my last post that it might be misunderstood that I don't enjoy being home. I DO, as I have said in previous posts. But this quiet life of homemaking and homeschooling is so at odds with everything I was taught growing up. So many, even in... Continue reading
Posted Jun 28, 2017 at bright peaces
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Restless
I admit to feeling an unsettling kind of restlessness these past couple of weeks, something that I am familiar with but it seems more pronounced right now. We have had to put the foster care adoption idea on the shelf for the time being due to some unforeseen roadblocks. I... Continue reading
Posted Jun 27, 2017 at bright peaces
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Chez Moi
We had a really lovely 4H end of year ceremony. It marked the 20th year of the club we are part of and was a chance to honor the students who are graduating. Although this year we have not been as involved, 4H has been a large part of our... Continue reading
Posted Jun 7, 2017 at bright peaces
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Stillness
“I have often wondered whether especially those days when we are forced to remain idle are not precisely the days spend in the most profound activity. Whether our actions themselves, even if they do not take place until later, are nothing more than the last reverberations of a vast movement... Continue reading
Posted May 13, 2017 at bright peaces
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Endings and Beginnings
We moved from Lent to Pascha and it was beautiful. This season seemed difficult and beautiful at the same time with lots of endings as well as beginnings. I will never get tired of the truth of Christ being risen from the dead. Everything is contained in that truth, if... Continue reading
Posted Apr 26, 2017 at bright peaces
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Drumroll...
One thing we are no longer waiting on...Sam found out today that he will be a Tar Heel at UNC Chapel Hill in the Fall. Go Tar Heels! Continue reading
Posted Mar 30, 2017 at bright peaces
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In the Hallway
“I do not know why there is this difference, but I am sure that God keeps no one waiting unless He sees that it is good for him to wait. When you do enter your room, you will find that the long wait has done you some kind of good... Continue reading
Posted Mar 28, 2017 at bright peaces
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I love my life
I apologize if my last post sounded dismal...it was not my intention. There has been a lot going on, but I really am a positive and hopeful person for the most part. Perhaps it is because I spent a good deal of my early life being sad, or that I... Continue reading
Posted Mar 10, 2017 at bright peaces
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Rainbows and Light during a difficult Lent
This past few weeks has been a ROLLERCOASTER! Here are just a few things that have happened, some good, some great, some not so great, and some really not so great... My sister's dear friend is really suffering from a very aggressive cancer. She has 4 young children at home.... Continue reading
Posted Mar 7, 2017 at bright peaces
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Convalescing toward Lent
So the day that I wrote the last post I was hit by the 18 wheeler known as the flu. I have not been so ill in a very long time and am still recovering as is my daughter. I am glad to be able to walk about a little... Continue reading
Posted Feb 24, 2017 at bright peaces
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Prayers, please
My husband did not get the job that he had been hoping and working for. He is very discouraged. It is not missing the elevation of position and raised salary that is down-heartening, but rather the repeatedly broken promises of a company that he has given his best to. Even... Continue reading
Posted Feb 16, 2017 at bright peaces
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A typical day for our sensory family
Life has been a bit overwhelming lately. I really am trying not to make everything in our home about the needs of our sensory kiddo but I have to confess it has been TOUGH these past few weeks. We have started back to therapy, which is helping. But there are... Continue reading
Posted Feb 14, 2017 at bright peaces
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Wisdom from Saint Isaac for our distressing times
I often find comfort in ancient prayers and thoughts to give perspective to current situations. At present, I am turning to one of my favorite saints: Saint Isaac of Syria for guidance in our turbulent age. His words are so powerful and impossible to live without the grace and love... Continue reading
Posted Jan 29, 2017 at bright peaces
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Soul Friends
This hand calligraphied plaque hangs in Hoodie's office. When I worked in the wonderful bookstore/art gallery in my previous life, I had the good fortune to meet many local artists and makers who consigned their work in the shop. One of my favorite folks was an amazingly gifted calligrapher named... Continue reading
Posted Jan 28, 2017 at bright peaces
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Sensory update one year later
I haven't written about my daughter's sensory processing issues for a while. I thought it would be good to jot down some observations from the past year and identify some things that have helped. There is still a good deal I don't know about sensory processing and how the brain... Continue reading
Posted Jan 16, 2017 at bright peaces
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Hold them with love
It seems that each stage of life has a lesson to learn. It may be something we thought we knew but need to internalize at a deeper level, or perhaps we just never really learned it. I am learning how to carry and hold the things and people in my... Continue reading
Posted Jan 13, 2017 at bright peaces
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48 things
Today is my 48th (Yikes!) birthday. I actually do not mind getting older, I enjoy it. I am a much happier person now than I was in my teens, twenties, or thirties. In the great blogging tradition, I am going to make a list of 48 things. These include my... Continue reading
Posted Dec 30, 2016 at bright peaces
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A joy-filled and creative Christmas
Happy third day of Christmas, everyone! I hope that your Christmas Day was peaceful and if not that you have ample recovery time. The two weeks before Christmas were very busy. We tried to incorporate as many of the feast days as we could, including Saint Lucy's day on December... Continue reading
Posted Dec 27, 2016 at bright peaces
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Love among the stamps and glitter
I remember the bumper sticker that was popular a few years back which read "Practice random acts of kindness." So inspiring in its simple premise that one small connection can change the world around you. And it is absolutely true. I have born witness to this gentle phenomenon not once,... Continue reading
Posted Dec 13, 2016 at bright peaces
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