Archive for the 'Adulthood' Category

“Senior Pictures” for Abbey

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Abbey laughed when she saw my previous post with the words “senior pictures” in quotes.  That’s because our “senior picture” timing is quite different from the mainstream tradition.  First, it seems to happen around 19 some time because that’s when the shift seems to occur for my children in moving away from the home-based lifestyle.
Let […]

Mother/Daughter

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

Abbey chose to have me as one of her “special things” as part of her “senior pictures” portfolio. I’m so blessed to have a daughter who is my best friend.  I believe it is because of both how I parented her and the relationship I put first and foremost, as well as the beautiful spirit […]

Unschooling Transcripts

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

To continue from my previous post about my daughter’s natural path to attending college, I thought it would be interesting to share my responsibilities as the administrator of our homeschool as it pertains to the application process.  When my children were younger and we were just still in the young years of unschooling, I would periodically […]

A Natural Process to College

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

My hubby and I decided to continue trusting our philosophy with the natural stages of learning as our children transition into adulthood.  As noted in an earlier post, it did require that we continue our deconditioning of our current society’s expected “shoulds” at this stage.  The biggest one, obviously, is the college path.  Initially, my […]

The Caffeine Culprit

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

While in my 20s and younger, whenever I got a headache, I could sleep it off.  It was my preference as for some reason, I was not too keen on medication for the most part.  But, if I used it, I could use Tylenol and it would knock it out.  Well, some time in my […]

Collecting Articles About College, Unschooling, and Success

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

I currently have two adult children, by society’s standards and their age identification process. My oldest recently turned 21, and my next will be 19 at the beginning of summer. Both have been unschooled all their lives. Both have found their passions. Both are working out their purpose.
Abbey, my only daughter, […]