I'm beginning to plan our upcoming school year as book sales are happening. Each time I log onto the Facebook page or the forum for guidance and insight it feels like a scab has been ripped off again.
When I head to LitLife for respite and community during my day, the pain is there.
It doesn't feel right to move forward without her and yet she wouldn't want that at all. I can only imagine what she might say to that thought! Not move forward? What else is there to do? She gave so much of who she was just so that we could reclaim and move forward.
I was a complete flailing "newborn" when I stumbled across Ambleside Online. I am a product of publics schools and worked in several before leaving my full time job to stay at home with my growing family. CM and AO were a breath of fresh air--the why and how had been pre packaged and laid out for this first time stay-at-home, first time mom, and first time home educator.
Gradually, I learned the names to look for and whose words to trust as tried and true.
Wendi has been there from the beginning and I miss her terribly. I never met her in person, and I'm not sure she'd recognize my name as countless women sought her advice, but I KNEW her. My children KNOW her. She spent her life scattering seeds in every direction and has made the world a more beautiful place.
I apologize for rambling, but I have no one in person that quite understands this profound loss.
The gratitude I have for the women behind AO has grown so much over the past week. I would be utterly lost without your guidance and wisdom. Thank you all. Thank you Wendi.
My heart and prayers are with her family. May God bless and comfort the family of Wendi and Angel as they gather together to celebrate lives well lived and mourn such a loss.
When I head to LitLife for respite and community during my day, the pain is there.
It doesn't feel right to move forward without her and yet she wouldn't want that at all. I can only imagine what she might say to that thought! Not move forward? What else is there to do? She gave so much of who she was just so that we could reclaim and move forward.
I was a complete flailing "newborn" when I stumbled across Ambleside Online. I am a product of publics schools and worked in several before leaving my full time job to stay at home with my growing family. CM and AO were a breath of fresh air--the why and how had been pre packaged and laid out for this first time stay-at-home, first time mom, and first time home educator.
Gradually, I learned the names to look for and whose words to trust as tried and true.
Wendi has been there from the beginning and I miss her terribly. I never met her in person, and I'm not sure she'd recognize my name as countless women sought her advice, but I KNEW her. My children KNOW her. She spent her life scattering seeds in every direction and has made the world a more beautiful place.
I apologize for rambling, but I have no one in person that quite understands this profound loss.
The gratitude I have for the women behind AO has grown so much over the past week. I would be utterly lost without your guidance and wisdom. Thank you all. Thank you Wendi.
My heart and prayers are with her family. May God bless and comfort the family of Wendi and Angel as they gather together to celebrate lives well lived and mourn such a loss.