Author: Tamarah Rockwood

Wife of Ben, mother of 5, laundry denier, writer, reader, hermit and lover of learning, hater of tupperware parties.

About Me

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Tamarah Rockwood

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Me in 10 seconds

Wife of Ben, Mother of 5, homeschooling steward, keeper of chickens, gardens and endless projects, appreciator of American & British Literature (1850-1950), endless thinker, continuous learner and a woman very devoted to giving God glory in and through my life and through the lives of others.

I’m fascinated with the experience of life through the perspective of people.  My degree in Literature was the study of history through the words of the people who lived through it.  I would love to get to the bottom of “what it means to be a woman.”  This is unbelievably complicated, but I will get there.

I love seeing a different point of view.

Total introvert (INTJ). I thrive in solitude.  Just FYI.

Creator.  I create something every day.

California native. Second generation American.  My blood is from Scotland.

Amazingly happy and deeply grateful.

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I Am Letting My Husband and Children Teach Me How To Relax.

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I think my goal in life is to not fall apart…

It is a weird goal, I think.  Some people want to be astronauts.  Some people want to be ballerina dancers.

I want to provide my children with a fantastic home, a great learning environment, enable their pursuits in education and extracurricular activities, make sure we participate in social events, volunteer, provide healthy meals for my home, make sure we have clean clothes and a functional household, encourage my husband in his work while being a loving and fun wife…. I also want to have a garden and write and paint and one day visit Montana.  I could go on for days, it’s a never ending list.

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BlogHer Featured Member Post: I Ran 40 Miles Last Month And I Still Don’t Believe In Myself

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I Ran 40 Miles Last Month And I Still Don’t Believe In Myself

I want to get in shape like crazy.

I want my figure back: I want my waist back, and I want my thighs back.

I want to be able to run without being in pain. I want there to be actual, strong muscles in my legs. I want to be able to wear a sleeveless dress without marveling at the girth of my arms.

I am so insanely frustrated, I could cry.

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Image: Dawn via Flickr

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Movie Review: Moms’ Night Out

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I have to admit something horrible.  I’m kind of a movie cynic. 

There are a few movies I really like, and a handful I like…but most movies are either not my taste because of writing/plot/acting (“Grindhouse” is not my kind of movie), or they are a “laundry movie.”  They’re good, but they keep you company while you’re doing the laundry.  For the record, “Overboard” is absolutely the best “laundry movie” on earth.  I can quote that thing backward and forward.

So, knowing all this, I  didn’t really think I would like this movie at all.  

It’s a “Mom” movie, so I figured it would just be full of dumb jokes and stressed out moms.  I expected to leave the theater embarrassed of my profession, honestly.

I was EXTREMELY surprised with how it turned out!

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Is There An “Introvert Shed” At The Maker Faire?

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Because I could run that shed single handedly.

Okay, so I am not a “group” person.  I am even less of a “crowd” person.
Last year I made the hard decision of opting out of going to the Maker Faire.

I LOVE the Maker Faire.

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I love the fire,

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The 5 Stages of Grief After Finding People on Facebook

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This article originally appeared on Ravishly.

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The Five Stages Of Grief After Finding People On Facebook

Contributed by Tamarah Rockwood | 06.15.15 4:00am

Don’t say the following: “Maybe they’ll remember me!” “I bet they would love to get a message from me!” “Contacting the popular kids while we are in our 30s is a fantastic idea and doesn’t look desperate at all!”

 

I made the mistake of searching for an old friend on Facebook the other day.

We’ve all been there.  I mean, you spent 4 years with these people in high school…where are they??

I went to high school with this person, and that was about 18 years ago…so you gotta figure that since I haven’t heard from her in that long (and vice versa), we weren’t that close.  But her name popped in my head and I was just wondering what had become of her!  And I had some time to kill while dinner was cooking, so nothing like avoiding doing something actually practical, right?

To my amazement, I found her pretty quickly!  She got married and had kids…pretty normal fare.

But then I recognized one of her friends.  I noticed that she was still friends with people from high school.

Like, with almost everybody we knew  in high school.

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Are You Who Your Critics Say You Are? ….Are You Sure?

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There is a blog I follow which I just love.  It is an insight into the business of the dead, which is normally a subject we shy away from.  But Caleb Wilde is a third generation mortician, and he loves his work…and there are things he brings up that I would never think about.  His writings and perspectives of lives and deaths of lives, and the survivors and the whole business around it, is fascinating.

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Caleb Wilde – Confessions of a Funeral Director

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Learning Zen From The Pros

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Listen, it’s been a long week.

I can’t imagine I’m the only one who has ever reached a Friday and said, “Thank goodness I have all Saturday to clean the house and get caught up on laundry, get a hold of the epic dishes apocalypse in the kitchen once we have more soap, and finish all the monster gardening projects I have going in the backyard.  Because it sure isn’t happening today.”

Am I right?

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