Thought I’d try a new link up as a way to get back to posting more than once a week again. Really want to get back to the Blog365 idea despite my little unplanned hiatus.
Stacy over at A Homemaker’s Heart mentioned joining in this link up over at Overflowing With Thankfulness and it looked so fun. I decided to play along as well!
The idea is to share 4 somethings that you loved, learned, read, and ate in the month. So, here I go!
Loved
That J decided to walk at his graduation ceremony. There’s something so special about watching your child graduate high school. The high school did it completely different than they used to back in the pre-pandemic days of 2019 (when G graduated) but it was okay.
If you’ve read the blog for any amount of time, you know it was a rocky road (and not the good ice cream kind) to get there. I am just so proud of him for sticking with it through a pandemic, constant school policy changes, and mental health issues (anxiety and depression).
Bonus item for this category: I also loved and am still loving that he wants to get his driver’s license. It almost feels as if we’re starting to make up for a bit of lost time.
Learned
I’m sure I learned something during the month of May. Hmmm…..
That things work out the way they are meant to in the end.
Ran into a friend in the grocery store having what seemed like similar issues with her daughter who’s a year behind J. And was able to share some information with her. Information that I had to search out continuously during the past 3 1/2 years. Felt nice to be able to help if only by sharing a tiny bit of hard to find information.
Read
My favorite read of the month was definitely one of my most recent ones. I enjoyed the Tom Felton biography, Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard so much.
Really, I liked it a lot better than Spare. Maybe because it felt more down to Earth and I related to it better than reading about royalty. And the ending is quite a bit more positive than the ending of Spare.
Ate
Lots of good things from an amazing strawberry shortcake at a Mom’s Night Out gathering to ice cream cake for J’s graduation to chocolate cake for G’s birthday. And lots of ice cream. Too much ice cream. Is there such a thing? No. Not such a thing as too much bread either. That’s probably the most memorable thing I ate.
A parent brought in a wonderful loaf of round bread and butter for the teachers one day last week. Said their family had been at the lake during Teacher Appreciation Week. Oh, the bread was so good. I thought she got it from Panera or somewhere but later found out she made it! It was that kind of bread that’s hard and crusty on the outside and then has those pillowy holes in the texture on the inside. I was happy to be subbing in the classroom when she brought that in for us all.
Her 3rd kiddo graduated pre-k this year. Such a nice family, sorry we won’t see them at the school any more.
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This fun link up can be found right here. I think the link is open through the end of the month if you want to join in the fun.
Congratulations to your son! I am so happy for him and for you, my friend. What a milestone for you all! Have a cozy afternoon. I am doing laundry and catching up here. Happy Summer!
Thank you! Yes, we are so happy and relieved to be done with the high school phase. Happy Summer to you as well!
Congratulations on your son’s graduation! Sounds like it must have been a hard-won victory and definitely worth celebrating! Visiting from SFS
Thank you! It was definitely a bit of a struggle (understatement) to get there. Thank you for visiting.
I just picked up Beyond the Wand at our library and can’t wait to read it! Congrats to J on his graduation.
Thank you! I really did love the book, hope you do as well.
Congratulations to your son! The past few years have not been easy for our teenagers! Thanks for linking up this month, I am visiting from Share Four Somethings.
Thank you! No, the past few years have certainly not been easy on any of the school kids but I do think it hit the teenagers a bit harder. (Sorry for the slow reply, went out of town). Thank you for visiting!