by Sybil Brun | Nov 18, 2022 | Mama Moments, Mental Health
Emma update ✍🏻 Six months ago, Emma graduated high school after 13 years of homeschooling. Five months ago, she recovered from an extended illness, after a year of intense work to heal a number of chronic physical and mental health challenges, throughout 2021. Four...
by Sybil Brun | Jul 16, 2021 | Mama Moments, Mental Health
There’s just something about Emma’s garden… always reminding us of the promise of new growth and renewal 🙌🏻 We planted it in March this year, not long after Emma’s hospitalization. We saw it as not only a metaphor, but a visual reminder that there is always...
by Sybil Brun | Mar 27, 2021 | Mama Moments, Mental Health
Welcome to Emma’s garden! ☀️🌸 Its all hers – concept, design, and caretaking! We bought seeds last night and she’s getting started today. She’ll be growing two kinds of onion, two kinds of lettuce, broccoli and peas to start. Did you know studies confirm what we...
by Sybil Brun | Sep 8, 2015 | Homeschooling, Mama Moments
Discover educational TV shows for older kids! For all the ups & downs and bittersweet moments of my kids getting older, no doubt there are so many sweet sides to having kids old enough for lots of things they weren’t ready for just a few years ago. A recent...
by Sybil Brun | Aug 28, 2015 | Mama Moments, Motherhood
Dear Well Meaning Friends & Family, I know you mean well, truly I do. And I appreciate the interest you take in my child’s life. But the time has come I really must ask – please stop asking my child if she has a boyfriend. This question may be the way...
by Sybil Brun | May 30, 2015 | Mama Moments, Motherhood
Do you ever stretch your mind to imagine future seasons of life far beyond the one in which you currently live? Every once in awhile I find myself richly reminded that I am currently raising the parents of my future grandchildren. The reasons I think about this every...
