BluebirdMama

To The New Parents

There’s something that no one will tell you. They don’t want to scare you, or be a downer, or maybe they don’t remember, really truly, what it was like. They will wait for you to bungle through it, and hopefully figure it out...

On Grief and Dying

{I haven’t talked a lot about the details of our living situation here on the farm, partly out of respect for the privacy of the farmers but for other reasons too. Today I want to talk a little about it, but primarily as background...

Why Are You Yelling?

I want to tell you a little story. I’m with my kids in their bedroom, trying to get them to tidy up and put on pjs before bed. The room is a mess and I’m already a little annoyed when I see the state of the room, but I’m ok....

8 Ideas to Nurture Your Self Through Motherhood

Yesterday, I posted about how difficult it can be to nurture our own identities while mindfully choosing to make sacrifices in the season of mothering young children. So then, how do we maintain a sense of self, or prepare for the future, when...

Nurturing Your Self as Mother

Last month, in my post Seasons of Mothering, I wrote about my decisions to willingly give up some things temporarily while my kids are young. Then, last week, thanks to Facebook, I was blessed to read I Became a Mother, and Died to Live, where...

Who is Eliza Brownhome?

In the summer of 2002, we bought a 40 foot, 72 passenger yellow Bluebird school bus and decided to convert it. It was an impulsive decision and, it might seem obvious to some, we didn’t know what we were getting ourselves into. We named her Eliza Brownhome, parked her in East Vancouver, moved in, and started work on the conversion.

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What is a Stay-at-Home-Family?

We believe that family and home are the cornerstones on which we build our lives, and as such, we proudly identify as a SAHF – Stay-at-Home-Family. It’s got nothing to do with self-worth, or success, or whether or not we get to call what we do work, but everything to do with living the life that WE WANT, authentically, and unapologetically.

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