Throughout this conversation, Christiane Michaelis and I speak openly about unleashing creativity in yourself and your home.

My good friend, Kelly Lamont, is NO stranger to homeschooling. She's been homeschooling her 4 children over the past 7 years and has some amazing nuggets of wisdom shes' picked up along the way to share with YOU!

If you are feeling fear and trepidation about the prospect of homeschooling your children during this global pandemic, Kelly's soft-spoken words of encouragement to ALL Mamas out there will put your mind at ease.

So sit back, get a cup of coffee or tea, and take notes. Kelly is here for all of us!!

Here are some online resources she listed to help us get started with the best mindset possible:

Here is a link for ideas specifically regarding homeschooling during covid 19:

https://www.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/blog/2020/03/covid-19-homeschooling.html

Getting Started homeschooling:

https://www.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/blog/2013/08/homeschooling-101-getting-started.html

www.plainandnotsoplain.com

She is a homeschool mom of 10 kids that has great free resources.

Free homeschool--every subject

www.allinonehomeschool.com

Material we love and that we use/used:

Pre K/Kinder:

Confession of a homeschooler "Letter of the week"

Preschool:

Learning your letters/numbers, learning to serve

www.heavenlyhomemaker.com

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Amy

My good friend, Lauren Humphries, knows a thing or two about quarantining kids.  She and her husband Kenneth have been fostering children with severe medical needs for 14 years, and have had to go on complete lockdown with their family to protect the children in their care for months at a time.  

Lauren's time and experience-tested wisdom comes to us at a time when we all need it most. She knows how difficult it is to keep kids occupied, educated and most of all, how to teach them about the things we do for LOVE.

Every time I talk to Lauren, I am immediately calmed and made to feel at ease.  She has a heart of gold, she is full of love and she gives us practical tips we can all use as we talk candidly to our children about our current situation with quarantining and keeping each other safe in order to not overwhelm the hospitals.

Loved this talk with Lauren and I hope you will too!

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Amy

In this podcast episode, Amy talks candidly about her struggle with Mommy Guilt and how, when it creeps in, it can rob her and her family of her ability to be present.  This is a raw, unedited version of the podcast so that she can just get something out to you and start a conversation about this gnawing, mindnumbing, everpresent subject.

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xo,

Amy

In this episode, Amy chats with Lisa Spangenberg of Garden Getaway Designs.  

An avid gardener for many years, Lisa Spangenberg has turned a hobby into a thriving garden design and consulting business.

In addition to her design business, she worked for several years at a local nursery and has taught garden and design classes to several community organizations. Lisa loves the design process and views her clients yards as an extension of her own backyard.  Lisa enjoys building and developing customer/client relationships and views this as critical to understanding the vision each client brings to their landscape.

Lisa and her husband John love being parents to their three children. With two in college next year and one a few years away, they will soon be empty-nesters and are looking forward to pursuing new hobbies (including gardening!) together.

While they mostly talk about the journey that led Lisa to start her company and all the challenges of juggling a small business and three children, Lisa also talks about her enjoyment of gardening and helps us not be so intimidated by the process.  If you want to reach Lisa or find out more about her business, take a look at her website at https://www.gardengetawaydesigns.com or find her on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/GardenGetawayDesigns.

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Amy

In this episode, Amy talks about how she had to take a step back from recording the podcast in order to contemplate some criticism she had received as a result of doing the podcast.  Sometimes, when we receive criticism, and it's hard not to take it to heart and let it slow us down or stop us altogether from doing what we know we were called to do.  But we can also use that criticism for our benefit and take a step back and think and pray over what we're supposed to be doing so that we can be stronger and clearer for having done so.

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xo,

Amy

Today, I sat down with Laura Woolsey of Memory Forward and talked about the process by which her business came to be.  As the name of her business suggests, Laura and her team help people organize and digitize photos and videos so that they can be used, viewed often and easily accessible.  In this interview, we discuss how Laura founded her company and the juggle of starting a company while raising two young girls.

Here's a bio from Laura's website:

My name is Laura Woolsey, and I’ve been a professional photo organizer for over ten years. All my life, I’ve had a knack for transforming chaos into order and keeping track of tiny details and loads of data. These traits allowed me to:

Getting things right for my clients is so important to me, and I love sharing my talents and skills for such an amazing purpose as creating a photographic family archive. As a leader and veteran of this industry and a master of all things technological, my team and I can confidently offer you the absolute best solution for your family’s needs.

If you or someone you know would be interested in her services, you can reach her here on her website.

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Amy

I loved this conversation with Miranda Bradley!  

Miranda Bradley is a mom, author, nonprofit communications and fundraising professional and all-around life juggler. She is the owner and creative director for BCreative, a full-service marketing & fundraising  firm geared toward helping nonprofits and small businesses realize their full potential.  Married to her husband Dan for 17 years, she lives in Georgetown, Texas, where she spends 92 percent of her time taxiing her two boys from one end of town to the other, or at least it feels that way! 

Throughout this conversation, Miranda and I talk about being creative, being Christians, being Mamas and struggling with the tug of guilt that comes from trying to do it all.  We also talk about the power of female friendships and letting God lead in our many seasons of life. This conversation is a gem!  I hope you can glean some encouragement from it as much as I did. 

If you want to know more about Miranda, you can find her at https://www.bcreativetx.com as well as on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pg/bcreativetx. 

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I'm on the struggle bus this week.  School started two weeks ago for ALL 3 KIDS!  Guys!!!!  Then, I went out of town for a wonderful Sing! Conference with Keith and Kristyn Getty in Nashville, TN.  Then, my husband got really sick with kidney stones.  Then, our minivan's a/c went out in the dead of summer.  And thennnnnn, our family dog died unexpectedly.  And now, I think I might have a torn meniscus in my knee.  What the WHAT?!  All that, on top of lots of travel and a chaotic space, has left me a bit paralyzed and unable to get going again and really get the things done that I so desperately want to do -- like work on this podcast, go to the gym, work on my blog, or my furniture restoration projects or prepare for those house concerts I am trying to put together.

The truth is, we only have so many hours in a day, and sometimes, life just HAPPENS, and there's nothing we can do but roll with it.  In other words, I'm not stressed, you're stressed.  Just kidding.  I'm not stressed.  I just wanted you to hear from me and know what's been going on -- not that you feel sorry for me, but so that you don't feel abandoned and most importantly, can maybe somehow relate to all the things that continually prevent us from achieving our goals.

Anywhoooo, I am really feebly attempting to be back on here with you on the regular.  I love it.  This podcast is my baby!  So bear with me and let me know you listened.  I love hearing from y'all!!

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Amy

Well, I'm back after a long hiatus in Europe, and I cannot WAIT to jump back into the routine of podcasting!In this episode, I chat about a couple (of many) observations I made while I was in Europe:

Also, in this episode, I talk about my vision for this podcast and my blog over at www.momonthefringe.com.  I really want it to be a solid community for people, like you, who are thinking of ideas for a new business or are already in the midst of your business and needing a community of support and possibly help to get things moving in the right direction!I'm so happy to be back with you and can't wait to share some of the episodes I've got up my sleeve!Stay tuned!

xo,

Amy