This past week, I’ve been preoccupied with mortality and fragility. One of my close friends, Holly, has a friend my age who recently suffered a severe stroke.  Joanne is the writer of The Simple Wife blog and the author of several books.  Like me, she homeschooled her children.  I feel a certain affinity with her because I, too, am the mother of a twelve year old girl.  The fact that her daughter is the one who found her after her stroke still gets to me, down deep in a swirling nebula that is my heart. Now her homeschooled daughters are … Continue reading God’s contingency plans

It’s a bit difficult to write on my laptop when there is a small dog sitting in my lap.  I hesitate to move her, though, because she is keeping me warm!  This cold weather is not my friend. We did our homeschooling reading today while snuggling under a blanket on the couch.  Outside the pool waterfall is on, triggered by the freezing temperatures to keep running so those pipes don’t freeze.  It looks incongruous and out of place with the snow-covered palm tree standing silently beside it. On the math front, we’re still working our way through the tests to … Continue reading Elusive contentment