Work-at-home Mom and Living: is it possible?
This is supposed to be my year of ACTION. A new year in which I accomplish my goals. I just have not been able to set them yet.
I am having such a hard time figuring out what to do with this blog. I named it “Mom on the Rise” because of the Maya Angelou poem “Still I Rise.” My mom thought that having a child (even after married and in my late 20s) was the end of my life. But I always felt that it was the beginning of a new one. I am a Mom, and still I rise. I completed my Master’s Degree and started a business.
But then I got tired.
I thought about letting it go and then about writing in more of a focused niche. And yet, neither has has sat well with me. I love this blog. The design. Some of the posts that I have written in the past. I’m not sure what the heck is keeping me from writing. Maybe it’s because I have WAY too many blogs. Or maybe it’s the web designing, consulting and running We of Hue….
Obviously, I tend to spread myself too thin. I have a problem saying “no” to people and focusing on what I want to do. In some ways, I think that I prevent myself from focusing because I don’t want to commit 100% and then fail. Or maybe it’s because I keep trying to live out the definition of “mom blogger” as set by others. Truthfully, I have been making decisions based on what I SHOULD be doing (as dictated by others) as opposed to what I want to do for a long time. It’s the result of coming from a very overbearing mom who really did not… Continue reading
{W}Dialogue: Reflect.Rethink.Redo
“You did it again? I swear you are so fickle.”
“I’m not fickle. I’m a Virgo! you wouldn’t understand.”
“How do you know…”
“I’m constantly changing and moving and I can’t help it. I know- I said I would leave the other design up for a while, but I changed my mind. It’s my right. Right?”
“Well then, why the black? Why the change?”
” I was listening to “Back to Black” you know, Amy Whinehouse? And I started thinking that if I had to describe where I am in my life using colors, I wouldn’t be able to. All I see are shards of broken crayons melted together from the heat of of my tears.”
“Who talks like this? I can’t follow you when you get like this”
“The confusion is too much for me and I decided that I needed to deal with things in stages. And for me that meant going “back to black”.
“But black is despair. It’s void. It’s empty.”
“For you. For many. But for me, for me, black is soothing.”
“It would be.”
“Listen, OK. Just listen. When I was a child I would sit in the dark and try to figure out what my next move would be when life got hectic and harsh. And as I sorted through the mucky mess that one often gets when too many colors mix, my black would be filled with very specific hues. I would see blues, and yellows, and greens, almost like they were flooding me with clarity.
As I sat today I saw RED. Not angry red. It was more of a fiery amber of passion. And it suddenly occurred to me that what I’m missing more than anything is passion- that spark that urged me to “do”… Continue reading
Local-Area Resources Offer Lessons in True Socialization
One of the most used arguments against Homeschooling is that children who do not attend traditional schools lack socialization. Unfortunately, this over-used con is predicated on a misunderstanding regarding the definition of “socialization”.
Socialization, refers to the process of learning ones culture and how to behave appropriately within that culture. On a more basic level, socializing is functioning successfully in society. One could argue that the modern-day institutions of education are actually the antithesis of socialization and some children who attend these schools are in some ways more socially inept than those who do not… Read More
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