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Hi. I'm Amanda...a happy wife and mom to three awesome guys. We've lived here in Fort Collins for more than 20 years and are proud to call it home. Before moving to CO, I worked at a city attorney's office, making use of my law and Master's degrees from Duke. After settling in Fort Collins, I homeschooled my three (now teenage and older) sons and was delighted to experience music classes, soccer, karate, swim team, archery, Science Olympiad, First Lego League, parkour, and climbing (not all at the same time!). From 2005-10, I was also a contributing editor for a national scrapbooking magazine, authoring a book and a couple of monthly columns. From 2009-10, I founded and ran the Good Grief Blog. I enjoy learning new things, spending time with my family, volunteering with The Matthews House, traveling and indoor rock climbing.

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Friday
Jan092015

Lighten

DateFriday, January 9, 2015 at 02:01PM

Lighten. That's my word for 2015. 

I like how it has multiple meanings...

  • to illuminate
  • to reduce the load
  • to cheer, inspire
  • to support, help

It just feels happy. :)

Basically, I'm feeling pretty darn good about life. So, for 2015 I'd just like...

  • to lighten some of the structure in our homeschool journey by focusing more on skills and less on schedules 
  • to lighten my to do list by knocking out at least some of the many unfinished projects weighing it down
  • to lighten the busyness in my life by remembering to examine purpose and let go of the unnecessary things
  • to lighten our debt load by continuing to really work at our budget
  • to lighten the lives of those around me and set a good example for my boys in the process

It's not as specific or formed as some of my previous words, but I appreciate the positivity and unclutteredness of it.

(Here's last year's word and a link to past words.)

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