Category Archives: Family

Skin

By Naomi | Published: 20/01/2012
I first read Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird when I was about 14. It left an indelible mark on me. Some  books just do that. They stay with you and come to mind again and again throughout your life. Even at 14 I was acutely aware of the way Atticus parented his children. Calm, [...]
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Roll

By Naomi | Published: 28/09/2011
It seems that once a big decision has been made you’re on a roll and others just follow. Simon asked if it was a coincidence that since starting home educating other things in life have started to take shape. I don’t know for sure but somehow I don’t think it is. Indecision about something big [...]
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Happiness

By Naomi | Published: 08/07/2011
If you ask people what they want in life, for themselves and for their children, most would answer “happiness”. If this is true, why are so many people unhappy? Particularly those who appear, on the surface, to have everything. And why, if my friends are any example, is the root of their unhappiness so often [...]
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Path

By Naomi | Published: 19/06/2011
A week or so ago there were a few days when I thought I might be pregnant. For those few days the future we had vaguely envisaged suddenly changed and a new life, in more senses than one, opened up before us.
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Home

By Naomi | Published: 03/06/2011
I noticed today that we have slipped into a state of discontent with where we live. I noticed because of something Simon said in the park. I think we have slipped into this state for a few reasons. Firstly it’s summer and thoughts are turning to travel. Also we’re creative people and sometimes the lack [...]
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