It's been 3 years since I have written on this blog. Since then we have devastatingly endured 2 miscarriages, and joyfully added two beautiful blessings to our family, Tobias (2) and Naomi ( 4 months). There have been several more fun parties that I look forward to sharing at some point including an octonauts party, farm animal party, bob the builder and the latest which was Paxton's 5th Mario birthday party.
Now that Paxton is five we have become accustomed to the question of whether or not he will be starting Kindergarten in the fall. We smile and reply that while he will be starting "kindergarten" we
will be homeschooling. Here are the most common comments we receive...
1) You must be so patient to be able to do that.
2 )How are you going to home-school high school?
I rarely give in depth answers to these questions when asked in passing, and so as I begin this home-school journey with intentions to invite you along for the ride via this blog I am going to briefly comment on each.
1) I always thought I was a naturally patient person. I believed that I would never be a yeller, that I could keep my cool in almost any situation. Through out the years I have realized that this was oh so very wrong. I am not a patient person in and of myself. I have yelled during my teaching and
parenting years far more than I care to admit. I have started to pray for patience- which as a side note: if anyone tells you not to do this because then God will test it... well, I want to suggest that is superstition not spirituality. If God needs to test my patience in order to give it to me, then I will praise Him because He knows what I need far better than I. I also believe that I have a Father who loves me, and He could very well give me just the amount of patience I need for each moment without putting me through a crazy trial in order to do so. All this to say: No I am not a patient person. My prayer is that God will use homeschooling to refine me into the woman he created me to be, including increasing my patience.
2) There really isn't an in depth answer required here: one year at a time people, he is only 5!
