Palm Trees & Dragonfly Dreams

One of the things we love is our 'Morning Walkies' Like most families that follow the Waldorf way of teaching It is part of our school curriculum , even though we are not 'hard-core' waldorf....we are more...ishy R2-D2 crocks and socks cause it's how we roll I like the contrast in colors the deep purple and pale green against the red stems A leaf imprint in the sidewalk A little toadstool hanging on A beautiful day to look up Air Plants- Bromolaides are abundant here Yellow bud Such great detail One of my favorite Florida flowers another toadstool

 A Day of Balance Today, September 4 back in 2002 was a day that ended my career and almost my life. Here I will share the pictures of that day. But...this is a day of balance for me. Today is the 14th Anniversary of that horrific day...but it marks a balance too. How do I explain? I loved this career and I was good at it! I took great pride in being able to bond with the children that I transported and keep them safe. I drove for 14 years. All that ended on this day. Ah, now you may see the balance. I have now NOT driven a school bus for as long as I HAD driven one. Do I miss it? Is my new life difficult? How do I feel? for over a decade I struggled with PTSD for quite a few of those years I was in a very low and dark place. I had 'lost' as it were "Me" I was walking around empty. void of life. hollow. dark. swallowed up by the pain. PAIN both physical and mental. alone. longing to find that which was lost but unable to find it. I did not seek help, I did not...

Welcome! I am excited to be sharing my journeyand I have been thinking of adding the hows of our homeschooling for quite some time and have decided that this is the time to add it all to this blog...after all...just because we are fighting POMC we also have a fantastic homeschool life. http://pomcisland.blogspot.com/

POMC Island & Our Ocean of Friends.   I have been thinking of how to use this page as I have just not been happy with myself and how I have been slacking. Let me start off by saying that I am spurred on because I see so many of my friends from the “Island of P.W.S.” posting awareness information on their pages and I must be honest it has hurt me. Don’t get me wrong...I am happy that they are fighting to raise awareness! I have a great many friends that I relate to in that community. But the thing that hurts is again that THIS island...OUR island is so VERY small with only a few people. We have 5 children with POMC between us and there are just 5 adults sharing bits of our lives with one another just trying to keep afloat and alive. It is better than it was just five years back when I was totally ALONE IN THE WORLD. But the pain is still raw so I beg that you please bear with me and grant me some grace. I do not wallow in my grief normally. ...sometimes it hit...