Whether you have always desired to homeschool, you have shifted gears to homeschool when public schools no longer met your standards (like me), or you have suddenly found yourself homeschooling as a result of social isolation, you can find a way to make it work for your family.… Read More 4 Tips for Homeschooling: Whether by Choice or Sudden Necessity
Most days I felt as though I was swimming through mud, struggling for every inch forward, barely catching my breath. Blogging became a chore, not a solution. Everything made me tired. In near desperation, I continued looking for jobs with a resigned willingness to accept almost anything, much the way I imagine a lonely person looks at dating sites. On the second or third day of the year, I quit.… Read More My Own Pace On My Own Path
I’m free to use my time as I desire but I’m still learning how to exercise this newly discovered freedom. I must be creative and responsible. I must exercise my imagination. I’ve been vacillating between the goal of a self-determined future and the security of full-time employment with benefits right now. I’m struggling to thrive. I’m fighting to have peace. I’m demolishing all that I believed about getting a good job to earn a good living because my children and their future children and grandchildren deserve more.
… Read More I’m Tired But I Won’t Quit
Much like what I’m doing for my client, I am developing systems and processes for myself. I know that I can do all things because Christ gives me strength. I also know that most of the time things have to be done one step at a time.… Read More Real Talk: Lately I’ve Been Building Much More Than I’ve Been Balancing
I remember friends telling me what a great educator she was. I recall community meetings with parents who wanted to keep their school open and keep the good principal instead if closing the school and scattering neighborhood children throughout the city. I had a good feeling about that principal. … Read More Public School Politics
We’re on our third day of homeschooling… I’m still filling in gaps but the blessing of a home education is that it’s not set in stone. I’m able to share information that I have while researching to find out more. I’m also able to show them how to find information for themselves.… Read More New Beginnings
As we’re approaching the final stretch of our first child’s secondary education, there’s no way we would simply let her drift along in a system that’s willing to keep her afloat but won’t encourage her to swim. We, her parents, are prepared figure it out.… Read More Am I About to Homeschool a High School Senior?
It’s official. I will be homeschooling our youngest child this year and probably for the duration of middle school. I’m both excited and apprehensive about it but I know that it’s for the best. You may wonder how we came to this decision. Some people choose to home school when a child is struggling in… Read More I’m About to Home School a Sixth Grader – Pray for Me
Sharrolyn Jackson Miles is talented lawyer who is dedicated to fairness and she is one of my very best friends. We met during freshman orientation at the Tulane University School of Architecture. We’ve been roommates, bridesmaids in each other’s weddings, caregivers for each others children and we consider each other as family. She is a… Read More Power Mom: Sharrolyn Jackson Miles
Today is the first #powermommonday and I’m pleased to introduce you to her! Danielle Bennette Dukes Danielle and I first met while bringing our children to a program at a library near our homes. She’s a proud HBCU graduate and a real estate broker who loves to roller skate. Danielle is married to her college… Read More Our First POWER MOM!!! Danielle Bennette Dukes
Build & Balance 