Friday, May 16, 2014

It's always better to laugh than cry!

Funny thing, life. We are, each one of us, experiencing our own version of the joys and suffering, fears and bliss. Despite this, we are oddly unsympathetic to so many until we've walked with their circumstances. When you've had a goodly portion of that good and bad, with some empathy and some apathy, I hope you, too find it better to laugh than cry!

I'm a woman who's comfortable in my skin, who loves her sweet kiddos, and her dear husband. I'm an iffy housekeeper, but a good cook, a homeschool mama to R, A, and S, and yet send my little L off to school on her yellow bus. Contradictions, yes. Issues, no.

After nearly 20 years of marriage, it's amazing to learn still more about love, and commitment, forgiveness, and grace. My children have helped me see more clearly both my best and my worst sides. Fixing our old house (pre-1900) has probably brought out some of that "worst"! We're slowly making it more than it was, refinishing, repairing, replacing, et cetera. Is this easy to do with one salary, 2 home-schoolers, a special needs child, and a toddler? Hah. Maybe it will be done before they're grown, or we give up and sell...

Homeschooling is a newer part of our adventure. We dreamed about 10 years ago, but sometimes dreams take a while, so we're just wrapping up our 1st year. I LOVE the closeness, the connection, the joy of seeing their learning! Are there sibling fights? Days of laziness and fussing? Days that we just can't get up and moving? Yes, I confess, and then I get coffee!
I just attended my 2nd parent practicum with Classical Conversations, our main homeschool resource. 2nd one, and crazy me served as a tutor trainer! Tutored first year, and now have trained tutors... I guess I jump in with both feet!! It's so encouraging to meet with so many other like-minded Christian homeschool parents as a community. I really appreciate that encouragement at the end of this 1st year. So many details did NOT happen as I planned. From other homeschool moms, I think that is a given, buuuut, the encouragement was still a fantastic boost!

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