Do you have a bucket list?

So. I’m 40 years old now. 40. I’ve been mulling over this number, and what it means, all day. Like I said before, I don’t feel 40, an age I thought ancient many years ago. Now it’s just a number that comes after 39. Part of all this reflection has to do with death, my [...]

April 28, 2009 · Monica Brand · 6 Comments
Tags: me, more than you want to know · Posted in: Living, True confessions

As of 11:05 am

I will be forty years old. Can some one please explain to me how the heck this happened?? Because in my head, I’m still not a day over 35 25. More later; for now I’m doing minimal house chores, taking the kids to the park where I’m going to chat with another home schooling mom [...]

April 28, 2009 · Monica Brand · 8 Comments
Tags: me, more than you need to know, things I want to remember · Posted in: Living, Thinking

Twitter is the new blog

I really believe that; Twitter is now the most popular way for online women to communicate to a large audience. As you know, I took an extended leave from Twitter and Facebook from late February to April 9. Not clicking over to Facebook was easy; Twitter I missed terribly. A few times I thought of [...]

April 13, 2009 · Monica Brand · 3 Comments
Tags: me, more than you need to know, Twitter · Posted in: Blogging, Internet culture, Thinking

Homeschooling mom, meet my friend, Mercy

As a home schooling mom, I know my weaknesses. I’m far from that do-it-all woman who seems to glide through life with ease. I’m unorganized. I get mad, lashing out in anger. Home schooling revealed that in me. I know a lot about learning styles, curriculum and how to teach phonics, but I find I’m [...]

April 2, 2009 · Monica Brand · 4 Comments
Tags: home schooling, me, more than you need to know, mothering · Posted in: Believing, Home schooling, True confessions

Lent: Week Two

Here it is the second week of Lent and I sense I’m doing it wrong. The guide I downloaded from Christine Sine’s Godspace blog keeps mentioning joint activities and discussions to do together as a group. I have no group. Admitting to that is hard and saddening. I am a social person by nature. I [...]

March 4, 2009 · Monica Brand · 4 Comments
Tags: celebrations, Lent, me · Posted in: Believing, Thinking