Hunt, Gather, Parent!

It’s Write Wednesday again! 

Last week slipped up on me while we were wiling the time away in the water at  

Splash RV Resort & Waterpark and I totally forgot to pen a post! Today the top thing on my mind is the book I’m currently reading in the most! (I’m always reading 6 books or so at a time) This book is titled Hunt, Gather, Parent. At first, I thought it mostly seemed like another version of Bringing Up Bebe but as I read on, it’s taking my mind to so many other places than just good old-fashioned parenting. HGP is like a vulnerable memoir, a good ole self-help, and a wise parenting manual all in one! I’m not sure why I’m inspired to write this book review when I’m only 2/3 through the book, but here it is! Part of me wishes in another life to be like author Michaeleen and her daughter Rosy and travel the world while researching and writing! But I’ll settle for second best and read and learn from this enlightening book. It’s making me ponder my own idyllic childhood, vow to be a better member of “the village,” and wish for workable ways for Danielle to grow up grounded and grateful. 

Tally Ho! On I go to Hunt, Gather, & Parent! 

The Space Between the Lines

The space between the lines 

Is as important as the words 

To ignore our need for rest 

Would be utterly absurd! 

We need space to be alive 

To watch the clouds before a storm. 

Always being on the go 

Was never meant to be our norm. 

Knowing how to give a “no” 

Is a skill that must be learned. 

“No” means “yes” to something else 

It saves us from feeling burned. 

Let’s take time to breathe and read 

To ourselves be true and kind 

Not forgetting the importance 

Of the space between the lines. 

Sharon Faircloth

7-12-23

Design Your Summer!

If you are a fellow Gretchen Rubin fan, you’re already familiar with her Design Your Summer idea! This brilliant concept was sparked in her brain from the following quote. 

Basically, you plan your summer to make it more memorable than just letting it happen and slip away day by day; some sunscreen here - some sand in unwanted places over there. Like Davies said, “Adventures are what make a summer.” Does that often seen quote about 18 summers fill you with panic?! It gives me mixed emotions. FOMO that I’m missing out on giving Danielle amazing summer memories; not enough popsicles, too much pessimism. But on the other hand, it inspires me to be passionate about planning! Ready to design a summer filled with big and little adventures and lots of recovery between. I named our summer Staycation Like a Tourist! Other than the joyful jaunt to North AL for “Christmas in July aka Summer Family Fling” that we just returned from, and the wedding in MS that we are heading out for on Friday, we are staying close to home, but living it up with friends and family! Jill, Jethro, and boys were here for a week in June and the Lemire’s will be local next week through mid-August! I’ve already marked several things off our rather lengthy summer bucket list, and am fired up to finish it! Let me know if you’ve designed your summer or if you’d rather let it design you! 

Listen to one of Gretchen’s podcasts to learn more!