Making Time 4 Home

The last few days have been pretty hectic around our house! Our homeschooling year starts the 6th of September, and I am in full "Crazy cleaning/purging" mom mode! I think I may have made a bigger mess in my house then what was here before. I cant be the only one who has to make a mess in order to organize/clean....right? So far today, I have gotten rid of pictures, wall decorations, clothes my daughter no longer fits in, and a fair amount of books (yes, I am cringing as I write about my books, but it must be done)! My goal is to focus on each room in my home, until it is de-cluttered and deep cleaned, BEFORE school starts! While my house looks nothing like I want it to...and if you stop by, please remember that I am "working" on more then one project at a time....it will soon be "sorted." In the midst of cleaning/rearranging I am also planning out my daughters schedule for this fall.....so if you can imagine my living room with boxes by the door tha

Its been a while....maybe too long. But I am here now, willing to open my heart and let anyone who is curious enough, to take a look inside. When you think of grief, what do you think of? Is it of someone who is sitting in a quiet room surrounded by their loved ones things? Is it a crying woman, clinging to the picture of their lost loved one? What does grief look like....? If you look at me, what would you see? Would you see the tears hidden behind my smiles and jokes? would you hear the catch in my voice every time I talk about my parents. Would you know that sometimes I cry in the shower, with the water drowning out my sorrow so that my daughter doesn't hear me cry. This is what my grief looks like. For each person, grief takes on a different look. It can never be the same, for each one of us loves differently, so therefor we will each grieve differently. I realize that this can be a topic that makes some uncomfortable, but it is what many of us are living thro