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Has school started where you live?
This week both of the girls started school.
Our 16 yr old, Morgan, is doing online homeschool and our 5 yr old, Linden, just started Kindergarten.
Getting back into the school schedule has been challenging but I am making the most
of my "free" time.
I thought I would be bored because for the first time in over five years, I'm without a little one all day.
Honestly, the time goes by much faster than I anticipated it would. I'm not bored I can tell you that much.
Weather has been wet and wonky. Our garden is having mold and fungus issues because of all the rain.
To top if off, we have a tropical storm coming our way today and since Harvey destroying the
West coast, my concerns are high.
It has been one year since hurricane Mathew hit us and it's a constant reminder that Mother Natural is a force not to be reckoned with.
Have you ever experienced Homesteaders Burnout?
I have. As a matter of fact, I think I'm going through it right now.
Life is tough, work is tough, kids are exhausting, then there are the chores.
Oh my goodness, the never-ending to-do
list.
My first inclination is to give myself a hard time, beat myself up for buying that loaf of bread instead of making it, forgetting my recycle bag and using a plastic one, letting my scoby go bad because I forgot to brew my tea for kombucha.
Enough Already!
Grace is my goal for this week.
To allow myself grace and forgive myself of my shortcomings.
Why not forgive yourself? You forgive everyone else, it's time you
forgave yourself too.
You can't do it all and it's high-time we all stop expecting (demanding) that we do.
Life is not a Pinterest picture. It's more of a compost pile.
The good, the bad and the ugly.
Embrace our faults and failures. Own them. And above all, allow yourself GRACE.
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