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My full and kooky life as a homeschooling mommy to 2 great kids, raising a child with HLHS (Hypolastic Left Heart Syndrome), coping with depression, following Jesus, and being much too camera happy.
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Welcome to my blog! My name is Esther and I’m so happy you are here. I’m an avid nature photographer and a daydreaming thinker. My posts revolve around photos of nature’s beauty, homeschooling adventures with my 2 kids, sporadic reflections on my child’s heart condition, Bible reading reflections, gardening feats, and other mish mash things. Hopefully you’ll leave encouraged, pensive, or smiling at the simple things of life. Thank you for stopping by and hope you’ll find some interesting posts to read!
16 responses to “Wordless Wednesday: October 14, 2020”
Is she playing a harmonica?
Didn’t think of that possibility! She’s pretending to make a duck call with her mouth by cupping her fingers.
She must’ve seen it on some show.
Oh, now the photo makes sense to me.
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Always great to hear from you…have a good weekend. 🙂 been slow to respond this week. So much going on: nothing serious or bad though.
Good to know nothing is bad. Having two kids plus other things, I know you must be busy. ☺️
Thanks for your sweet comment and concern! Life is busy with raising kids, homeschooling, living, housework, etc. Eeeek! I recently started taking vitamins to keep up with the kids.
Have a great weekend and hope your garden is growing well before it gets cold.
Taking vitamins is a wonderful idea, Esther! We all need supplements in case the natural food intake is not enough. I know how it goes raising kids. Watching my daughter reminds me of that.
I held off on vitamins, but I started again. Once I’m done cooking for the family, the last thing I want to do is eat. So my diet is, unfortunately, unbalanced. I’d rather nap than eat. lol
I can imagine how physically exhausted your daughter must be caring for an infant and toddler…they need mom for everything at that stage. I say, thank God He made them so cute.
I hope that Daffy and Donald Duck at least showed up for the effort!! I never could whistle like other kids could do and I remember kids took a blade of grass and whistled that way … what was my problem. (Most likely Mom said “ladies don’t whistle!”) (Since we’ve compared our childhoods, you just smiled at that sentence.)
They didn’t hear the call…only the local ants peeking out to hear the strange sound.
I know what you mean about your mom’s response. Being Asian and growing up closely with old school grandma; so many restrictions. And Korean tradition is that you don’t wear white in your hair; sign of mourning. I wouldn’t dare wear it around her; she’d freak. Although I rolled my eyes at all the dated rules, I now appreciate the underlying rationale of maintaining decorum and modesty.
I hope you are having a good Sunday!
I’m behind and reading this message on a Monday … still another rainy day for goodness sake. We’ve had pretty nice weather until yesterday and this upcoming week of rain in the forecast. The rollercoaster of cold/hot is okay, just as long as it’s clear. I wish I could send some rain your way. My parents were strict with me from an early age and like you, with no siblings to pave the way to lighten restrictions, it was tough – tougher for you due to Korean traditions. We emerged better in the long run though Esther.
Strict homes…having sibling/s would’ve helped buffer all that attention from parents. Whew, it was a tough experience growing up Asian American and getting mixed messages of who I was supposed to be, as well as coping with learning issues from a brain injury and relearning what I’ve lost with no down time. Most Korean families are obsessive about academic achievement and I wasn’t doing well. Ohhhh, you can imagine the stress! Hard as it was, I have a lot of empathy for students and learning. lol
Moving to the States from Canada was not a good experience for me and I had been a straight-A student in Canada and loved school and then we moved here and my grades were abysmal. My parents were mad – I didn’t want to tattle on what was going on at school with paddling by the teacher for no reason, kids beating me up, but I got a lot of flak from my parents for bad grades. I have always admired foreign-born kids for their smarts – they are driven to excel based on family expectations – many Asian or Hindu doctors, smart as a whip due to their upbringing.
I had no idea your early childhood was in Canada. I can imagine how difficult the transition to a new country and school must’ve been. So sorry about those bad experiences; I remember the paddle too. What an archaic process. And the bullies? There’s always one of those individuals, unfortunately.
Immigrant children have it hard with the parental pressure and dealing with family language barriers. Yikes. I’m glad that’s behind me.
We are stronger for going through that now, but it was brutal at the time, that is for sure. Yes, immigrant children had/have it difficult but they excel in their studies and are also are fluent in two languages to begin with.