I have a teenager!
This morning, I woke up to a teenager! It seems impossible that I could spend every hour of every day with Jaiden, yet somehow feel like he morphed into a young adult without me...
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Back on the road again!
Just like that, we’re back on the road with our new car! A person could be forgiven for thinking that the idea of more travel and setting up a new car would be an...
This is our classroom…
This is our classroom…As Jaiden and I approach our 8th year of home educating, once again homeschooling is seeing a massive surge in new registrations so I thought I’d take a moment to share...
The importance of connection
Ponderings at 4am.. I’ve spent the past 2 hours awake in bed pondering the world. Yep, things like this literally keep me up at night. There is no denying we exist in a time...
The realities of making a life-changing decision..
On this day 8 years ago I’d just moved out of my house, I’d sold every possession I owned. Little did I know this was the first step towards freedom. Whether we like to...
Autism animal therapy.
This is a post about Grace, an 11 year old girl. As you can tell, this isn’t a photo of Grace, but that doesn’t matter. You see, this post could be about anybody. A...
Teaching homeschool kids about hard work
Teaching kids the value of hard work.. Yep, that’s right. I’ve never forced Jaiden to go to school, do formal school work, and he’s never done a test or project in his life. But...
A life update..
So…. uh…. hey! We’ve been very quiet for some time now and I think it’s time to give an explanation and to get this show back on the road! Initially, I’d decided to take...
Parenting, isolation, and losing our identity.
Pondering parenting, isolation, and losing our identity. There’s no denying that parenting is one of the more difficult jobs we face. Have you ever stopped to ponder why parenting is so difficult? Perhaps it’s...
Jaiden conquering fears whilst snorkeling at Magnetic Island
See that kid with the snorkel and a proud grin on his face? See that ocean behind us? Oh yeah, that happened! We left Hughenden and made the trek east to Townsville. After spending...
