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    April: Reflection & Rejuvenation

    Spring is here! 
    Austin generally has a pretty mild winter (with lots of sunny, warm, bright blue days thrown in), so the seasons tend to blend together. However, this winter has been particularly rough (in a relative way, of course). We’ve had lots of cold, wet, dark days. It seems fitting that I’ve had the toughest days of my life starting a school amid such conditions.
    But Spring is here! All the trees are coming back to life. We’re planting in the garden and even swimming in our backyard. What fun! 
    I’m kind of scared to look back at my goals for last month because I didn’t move them into
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    Register Now: Purposeful Conception Course

    Here are some thoughts from past participants:
    • “I want to recommend the heck out of this!”
    • “I feel like I have a really solid reference point; all the journaling these activities inspired created a larger awareness for me of what we’re getting ourselves into. We both feel a lot more informed not only about some specifics of preparing for pregnancy, but also that we have a broader groundwork with which to do more research and a better understanding of what we think and feel about taking this step. I feel more careful about
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    My 20-Year Plan

    I love plane rides (especially when I don’t have a toddler
    crawling across my lap!). They give me time and space to reflect and plane and
    knock out some tasks that require an extended period of focus and
    concentration. (And sometimes I just don’t do anything except watch Fixer Upper
    on HGTV).
    I recently flew to Connecticut to meet with the National
    Center for Montessori in the Public Sector, tour public Montessori schools, and
    attend the Yale School of Management education conference.
    On the way back home, I opened my journal and filled a whole
    page with years: 2015, 2016, 2017… I realized that I had filled the page with
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