Family Life Archives - Nancy East

1500K for SRCA is Complete!

Fri, 09 Oct 2015 17:03:00 +0000

1500K for SRCA: A fundraiser successfully completed by the East family when 1500 kilometers were collectively hiked over the course of the summer, to raise funding for Shining Rock Classical Academy’s experiential learning programs. Well, we did it! 1500 kilometers and then some! From the first grueling miles hiked to the summit of Mt. LeConte...

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The Little School That Could

Sun, 30 Aug 2015 14:58:00 +0000

Shining Rock Classical Academy: Haywood County, North Carolina’s first public charter school. On August 19, 2003, after an incredibly long, grueling, and everything-that-I-didn’t expect-to-happen labor, I gave birth to my first child, Aidan. It was love at first sight. Twelve years to the day after his birth, after another incredibly long, grueling, and everything-that-I-didn’t expect-to-happen...

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Strong is the New Skinny

Fri, 24 Jan 2014 03:34:00 +0000

I’m reading a great book to my kids called Navigating Early The protagonist is a 13-year-old boy whose mother has recently died. He laments that he has forgotten what her voice sounded like. You empathize with others who have lost their mother, whether fictional or real, and I found myself barely able to finish the page without...

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Boxy Sammy and the Gift of Loss

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 22:12:00 +0000

Meet Boxy Sammy. He’s an Eastern Box Turtle. Last week while my atavistic son was honing his fire making skills in our driveway, he caught a glimpse of movement in our yard. He ran into the house as excited as I have ever seen him, and I was certain that he had finally created...

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Happy Birthday, Buddy

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 02:09:00 +0000

We looked at the photo album from the first year of his life today. This time, nine years ago, I was finally cradling him in my arms after waiting all my life to meet him. I had already been awake for 36 hours but I would hardly sleep a wink that night. Love at first sight can...

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Who Cares if I Blog?

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:13:00 +0000

That’s the thought that has run through my head for the past two years, as I’ve become hopelessly attached to other people’s blogs who have much more interesting and thought provoking things to say than I do. My amazing sister in law has encouraged me since we started the adoption process to start a blog to...

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