Who/What: Being stay-at-home wife, homeschooling mom of two and a newborn
August 22, 2017 - December 31, 2017
How I do I finish summarizing this year? Such craziness as we experienced. Such miracles. Such highs and lows. Such trepidation as we jumped, literally without any knowledge of where we were going to land or how, and found ourselves caught in the palm of His hands and gently placed where we needed to be.
By December, Charlotte and Zander were well ensconced in a great kid's program at church. Friendships were starting to form there. A good friendship with a neighbor had flourished. And we had gotten in contact with and were preparing to start attending in the spring, a well-established, friendly, homeschool co-op.
Madeline grew beautifully. Sweet tempered, generally easy going. An answer to prayer in so many ways, but not least in that for the first of my three babies, she was a good sleeper. A miracle of major proportion for me!
We had been visited by my Mum (immediately post-baby birth), my brother and sister-in-law, and sweet nephew. Two dear friends from college (and before!). Both my parents (for Christmas). We were enjoying being able to have people stay and come and go without reference to the campus schedule and the related rigors.
Homeschooling was going well. Lots of adjustments and figuring things out. For the first time since we started schooling, I haven't felt pulled in multiple directions and like schooling was being crammed in because of the other expectations on our lives. And the breath-ability has been wonderful.
Chris had settled in well at work. He found the job to be fulfilling but not overly taxing. Simply put, a job he can see doing for a very, very long time to come.
And with much wiggling and settling and sighing and a few tears, we had settled down into a new life, new rhythm, new Us!
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