September, 2020 - Polly Jemima

Rest and recouperation

September 28, 2020

**It’s kind of ironic that I wrote this post last weekend, planning to publish it on Monday, to only end up REALLY ill with Mastitis. I thankfully just avoided the hospital, and after 48 hours of antibiotics am feeling a little bit better at last. There has been lots of rest and recouperation this week!...

woman carrying her baby and working on a laptop

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Finding Balance

September 24, 2020

I’m sure there have been a million articles written about how to find balance, yet it still seems to be one thing that everyone is searching for like the holly grail. For Mums especially, balance is seen as this magical thing that we have to achieve in order to have all aspects of our life...

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Overcoming anything

September 22, 2020

All of us get stuck in a rut at some point or another in life. It might be a small rut or a giant valley that feels like we will never climb out of. When you’re in that place and life as you knew it, or hoped it would be, feels like it is gone...

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On doing it all

September 21, 2020

The other day, I posted a photo on my Instagram. Alongside it, I talked about filling my own cup, in taking time to myself, and doing things that make me feel good. Running, or yoga, early nights, long, hot baths. Somebody replied asking me ‘How do I do it all?”. The short answer is I...

BLOG, EVERYDAY LIFE

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE

September 21, 2020

BLOG, EVERYDAY LIFE

If you want something different

September 11, 2020

Lately, life is changing. Little by little. Small bits every day. I am changing. I’ve never been fond of change. Looking back, anxiety ruled my life long beoe I even knew it was a thing. Even as a teen, change made me nervous. Made me anxious. I liked things to stay how they were. Liked...

BLOG, FAMILY, HOMESCHOOLING

New chapters – coming out the other side of home ed

September 9, 2020

I woke up early this morning, bleary-eyed and sleepy-headed, stumbled out of bed, and pulled some clothes on. Snuck quietly out of my bedroom, careful not to wake the baby. Padded up the stairs to make sure my fourteen year old was up and on. Today was her first day of college. After fourteen years...

BLOG, EVERYDAY LIFE

Not back to school – our home ed plans for this year

September 3, 2020

September has rolled around again. Our 13th year of homeschooling. SO many years of homeschooling, it’s so normal for us, I couldn’t imagine NOT having the kids at home all the time. I’m looking forward to getting back into a more normal rhythm after the last few crazy months of lockdown. WHile our home ed...

Month: September 2020