“Learning can only happen when a child is interested. If he’s not interested, it’s like throwing marshmallows at his head and calling it eating.”
— Katrina Gutleben
Hi there.
Grab your favorite beverage, pull up a chair, and make yourself comfortable. My name is Stephanie. I’m mom to two, mostly grown, always homeschooled, kids. Lover of YA literature. History geek. Photography buff. ENFP. Enneagram Type 9. Former Coach in Brave Writer’s Brave Learner Home.
I don’t have a brand nor am I trying to develop one. I started this blog over 15 years ago as a place to document our homeschool journey. Now, I’m using it as a place to capture my thoughts and musings.
In looking for an underlying theme to my writing (and to my life), I keep coming back to the idea of seeking understanding. I believe that it is a desire to understand—to make sense of—ourselves and others which drives so much of human nature, whether we are aware of it or not.
I write about whatever comes to mind: Relationships. Parenting. Homeschooling. Books. Mindfulness. Getting older. Befriending ourselves. Understanding others. Figuring out life.
So glad you are here.
Notes from my Journal
“Our wisdom is all mixed up with what we call our neurosis. Our brilliance, our juiciness, our spiciness, is all mixed up with our craziness and our confusion, therefore it doesn’t do any good to try to get rid of our so-called negative aspects, because in that process we also get rid of our basic wonderfulness.”
—Pema Chödrön, The Wisdom of No Escape
On Life
Musings on relationships, mindfulness, getting older, befriending ourselves, understanding others, figuring out life.
On Books
Books have played a huge role in my homeschooling and in my understanding of life.
On Homeschooling
Homeschooling is all about relationships. Thoughts on how kids learn and creating a home environment which fosters understanding and growth.
