“The greatest explorer on this earth never takes voyages as long as those of the man who descends to the depth of his heart.” ~Julien Green “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from…
Category Archives: Parenting and Family
A Day in the Life Series
I have decided to begin a day in the life type of series here at Heathen Homeschoolers that will begin next week. I know that I love reading posts about how other homeschool families spend their day. It is great to read about the exciting adventures that other homeschool families have. I even like to…
Five for Friday – Holiday Lessons
Getting together with family for the holidays can teach you many things. Here are a few things I learned over the Thanksgiving holiday while visiting both sides of our family. My sisters and I really need to get our families together more often. It was nice getting caught up with each other. The kiddos all…
Happy Thanksgiving
I hope you are having a wonderful Thanksgiving. Enjoy your long weekend with family. To make you chuckle this Thanksgiving Day, I present Adam Sandler’s Turkey Song…
Changes
Making small changes to your life can be hard. Trying to make large and lasting lifestyle changes can be downright scary. I gained weight over the years from dealing with the stressors of my life with food. Sure I could blame my weight on my father’s stroke that took away my “normal” college years. I…
Review of Coursing Around
I have posted about my desire to make some positive lifestyle changes. I am having fun finding more active things that I can do with my children. It is amazing how losing just a little weight can help you feel like being more active. I am planning to begin an ongoing series here at Heathen…
Self Care Check In
So how are you doing on the challenge to take a few minutes for yourself this week? I am personally failing miserably. My kidneys have chosen this week to misbehave, which means that everyday tasks seem to take ten times the amount of time and energy as they should. This have left me with a…
Me time…what is that?
We discussed many things during last night’s chat on Twitter. One of the topics was trying to find time for “me time”. Homeschool moms are around their children a lot…and I don’t mean the usual after school routines…I mean we are around our children more than most moms. Even when your children are involved in…