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Pen Pals: What We’re Doing
Matt (and me a little bit) will be homeschooling our boys for at least the first half of our Family Gap Year. And having pen pals will be part of the experience!
Back in the Family Gap Year 1.0 plan, we were going to homeschool for an entire year. But then COVID happened and mandatory homeschooling happened and we realized we aren’t so much a homeschooling family. And while we were fine doing it for one year, two years seemed like pushing it.
Honestly, it’s not that we aren’t a homeschooling family, per se. We just aren’t a “let’s spend 24 hours a day, 7 days a week together” … Read More
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New Episode: Everyday Beauty
Katherine and I spend a little time talking about beauty. We don’t mean the cover of a magazine kind of beauty. We are talking about the moments that take our breath away and fill us with wonder. We are talking about the times that we notice the setting sun and are so captivated by it that we pull over our car to take in the purples and the yellows and the oranges of the sky. We start with our current Highs and Lows (i.e., stay-at-home-dads, soul-filling activities, what’s happening in Ukraine, and children being hurt by our absence). Then we shift into Today’s Topic. Next we share a couple … Read More
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Family Gap Year Post #10: Departure To Do List
I started writing posts about planning a Family Gap Year back in September of 2019. And then everything came to a grinding halt in March 2020.
And here we are in March 2022 and it looks like things are on track for a June departure!?!?
Everything is all set for me to work remotely for the year. We are moving our current CFO/COO into the Executive Director of Magnolia Montessori For All (the school), and I will stay as the CEO of Montessori For All (the national non-profit organization) without also focusing on the school like I have been doing. This transition is not connected to my trip, but it … Read More