The Robin Is The One Poem by Emily Dickinson
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The Robin is the One
That interrupt the Morn
With hurried—few—express Reports
When March is scarcely on—

The Robin is the One
That overflow the Noon
With her cherubic quantity—
An April but begun—

The Robin is the One
That speechless from her Nest
Submit that Home—and Certainty
And Sanctity, are best

March is here in all its renewing glory!  I am caught up with blustery winds, and days that are warmer and nights that can be cold; pussy willows and violets; daffodils and tulips.  Things are beginning to come alive again! In farm life, we are busy with the horses and bees. We are finishing a master bathroom renovation as well. It’s still slow going but I am excited for all that we have accomplished in the nearly 5 years of living here at the farm!

Spring is a time of renewal. I find myself drawn to the spring greens to eat, the ideas of new beginnings and fresh starts, and craving the sunshine. My mood is one of checking in with my word of the year (#rooted for this year) and seeing where my intentions lie. Have you checked in with your word of the year? How are things coming?

This month, we are celebrating:

Lent – which began Wednesday February18 this year! (Try this back post Observing Lent | The Parenting Passageway that has many links in it to even more back posts!)

March 1- Feast of St. David (here is a wet on wet painting idea: First Grade Wet On Wet Painting For Saint David’s Day | The Parenting Passageway)

March 20- Spring Equinox (Try this back post: Celebrations of Spring in the Waldorf Home | The Parenting Passageway)

March 25- Feast of The Annunciation

March 29- Palm Sunday and the beginning of Holy Week

Looking ahead, Easter Sunday is on April 5th and all the glory of Eastertide!

Are you hunting ideas for Easter? You might already be preparing: Ideas for Easter Baskets | The Parenting Passageway –

Fun Around the Home

Spring is the time of letting go of the material objects in our home that don’t serve us any longer, and for spring cleaning and eating in accordance with that impulse of spring with lighter and brighter foods.

In the family/homeschooling round up, only our high school sophomore (our youngest) is still homeschooling as everyone else has graduated high school. Our oldest is done with college and working, our middle child is finishing equine massage therapy school and starting a business, and our youngest still has two years of high school to go. For the fall, he has already chosen a four day a week hybrid homeschooling program and is thinking about options including trade school or college.

I am so grateful to our years of homeschooling within our home with me planning blocks and teaching for so many years. It really gives them roots to spring forward and meet life. The picture that Waldorf Education gives us of the developing human being was very helpful to me as I looked at education from the lens of childhood development.

Springtime Renewal –

Some ideas for Renewal! I hope you enjoy reading back through these as much as I did!

Renewal: Staying Home | The Parenting Passageway

Renewal: Mission Statements | The Parenting Passageway

Renewal: Personal Development | The Parenting Passageway (as a parent)

Renewal: Relationship With Your Spouse | The Parenting Passageway

Renewal: Computer Time | The Parenting Passageway

Renewal: Commit Yourself to Gentle Discipline | The Parenting Passageway

Renewal: Rhythm | The Parenting Passageway

It’s so fun to look back and see that snapshot of where life was, and to commit myself to renewal in these areas again!

Warmly,

Carrie