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Margaret Schaaf

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Mom of 5 arrows | Homeschool | World schooled
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08/19/2026

Running a business, raising kids, sports schedules, meals, house projects, appointments, texts I forgot to answer… 😅

Most days I’m pretty good at keeping all the tabs open.

And then there are days when one of them starts glitching.

Tell me I’m not the only one. 😂

08/18/2026

Current status: building a business between practices, games, meals, homeschooling, laundry and whatever expression this is. 😂

Some days are productive. Some days are organized. Some days are… this. 😂

But I wouldn’t trade the flexibility to build around our real life.

What’s taking up most of your time in this season?

08/17/2026

The life you pray for might still require you to get your hands dirty. Very, very dirty. 😂

This past week we’ve dug trenches, put in sprinkler lines, laid sod, moved rocks and mulch for pathways, laid landscape fabric… and this week the plants finally go in. There have been long days, late nights, sore muscles and definitely no manicures happening over here. 😂

But I keep thinking about how much this season mirrors so many other things in life. We love the finished picture, the beautiful yard, the successful business, the strong family, the freedom, the answered prayer. But we don’t always see the trenches that had to be dug first.

Most things worth building have a messy middle. They require work before there’s anything pretty to show for it.

And maybe that’s why I love doing this so much. There’s something incredibly satisfying about standing back at the end and knowing we built this, not just the pretty part, but the foundation underneath it too. 🤎

Happy Monday. Go get your hands dirty.

08/12/2026

First day of school for so many families today.

And whether your kids walked into a classroom, sat down at your kitchen table, or are somewhere in between… here’s what I keep reminding myself:

We are not just trying to get them through another school year.

We are raising them.

That means the goal is bigger than good grades, full schedules, sports success, or checking all the boxes.

Are they becoming kind?
Responsible?
Resilient?
Do they know how to work when something is hard?
Can they think for themselves?
Do they know what they believe and why?
Are we giving them enough room to struggle, grow, fail, get back up and become capable?

Some seasons of motherhood feel a lot like climbing a sand dune.

You can’t always see how far you have left.
It’s harder than it looks.
And sometimes you wonder if you’re even making progress.

But you keep climbing.

Because these years are doing something in them.

And in us.

So to every mom starting another school year today: don’t get so caught up in the schedule that you lose sight of the assignment.

We’re not just educating children.

We’re shaping people.

08/10/2026

August always feels like a weird in-between.

Summer isn’t quite over, but everywhere you look it’s back-to-school pictures, school supply lists, sports schedules and calendars filling back up.

Public school starts here this week.
And we’re currently driving home from a road trip. 😂

One of the things I’ve grown to appreciate most about homeschooling is that our life doesn’t have to revolve around the school calendar.

We can take the trip.
Stay the extra day.
Start school a little later.
Do school on a Tuesday and take Friday off because there’s somewhere we want to go.

We still have structure. We still have responsibilities. And with five boys and sports, our calendar is definitely not empty. 😂

But we get to decide what our days look like. And I think that’s become a theme in so many areas of my life over the last few years.

I don’t necessarily want less responsibility. I want more ownership over my time.

With school.
With work.
With our family.
With the way we spend these years.

I spent a long time thinking freedom meant having nothing on the calendar.
Now I think freedom looks a lot more like having the ability to decide what gets put on it.

So while everyone heads back to school this week, we’re headed home from one more summer road trip.

School will be there when we get back. ✌️

08/04/2026

I don’t believe God gave me gifts, drive, and the desire to contribute only for me to assume they had to be put away once I became a mother.

For years, I was genuinely thankful to be home with my boys. I still am. I would make that decision again and again.

But somewhere along the way, I had accepted the idea that being present for my family would naturally mean keeping my earning potential small.

I never really challenged it because I didn’t know another option existed.

Then this business was placed in front of me.

At first, I was skeptical. I had a master’s degree, no online business experience, and no interest in becoming someone who lived on her phone. But I paid attention because the model was different from anything I had seen before.

One sale could equal 35–130 hours of what I earned as an SLP.

That made me stop and look more closely.

Not because money is the goal. It isn’t.

But money affects the choices a family can make. It can create margin, relieve pressure, allow generosity, fund a child’s opportunity, and keep a mother available when her family needs her.

I believe motherhood is holy work. I also believe stewardship matters.

Sometimes stewardship looks like being content. Sometimes it looks like having the courage to learn something unfamiliar instead of assuming the life in front of you is the only one available.

This opportunity didn’t ask me to become less devoted to my family.

It gave me a way to build from the priorities God had already made clear.

05/30/2026

These boys. This view. Time that no one can take back.

Hallelujah. 🙌

05/28/2026

Have you ever looked at your kid and thought, where did the time go?

Bo turns 18 next spring and y’all, this is the last summer before he graduates. His days are already packed with baseball and work and chasing his own dreams. There’s something bittersweet about watching your son stop needing you to plan his days because he’s too busy building his own life. That’s the goal, right? But nobody warns you about what it feels like when it’s actually happening.

This is my second child to graduate and I thought it would be easier the second time around. It’s not. If anything I know too well how fast the next chapter comes.

So this summer I’m just choosing to be all the way present for it. Every late game, every quiet drive home, every ordinary moment that won’t exist this time next year.

To the mamas right here in this season with me, how are you holding up? 🌾

05/18/2026

A master's degree. Five kids. 17 years home.

And I still felt like I wasn't doing enough.

Not because I wasn't working hard but because I wasn't contributing financially. And that quietly wore on me.

There's a way forward that doesn't make you choose. Follow along. 🌾

05/15/2026

The moms who are building something?
They’re not doing it perfectly.
They’re doing it faithfully. 🌾
No one handed them a map.
They just kept showing up - tired, unsure, and trusting God with the harvest anyway.

This is for the mama who’s in the middle of it right now.
Save this for the day you need the reminder most.

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