Well since my last few posts have been "isolating" (ha ha), I thought I'd post something rather normal and hopefully, a little more cheerful.   I've been reading "Calm My Anxious Heart" by Linda Dillow, which is a great book about contentment.   If any of you have problems being content in your present circumstances - this is the book for you!  It is also a great book about giving our anxiety over to the "controller of all things" - our Lord.   

 Life on the homefront is going well, with the exception of two of us having bronchitis.  The positive side is that I've gotten some well-needed rest and accomplished getting our taxes ready!    Life on the school front is a little rocky right now.   I've discovered that my kids are pretty much useless (book wise) after lunch.  They definitely work most productively in the morning.   SOOOO - I will be using this afternoon to come up with a plan to change our schedules so that the majority of school is done in the morning.  This will mean getting up earlier and starting school about an hour earlier.   THE TEENAGER WILL LOVE THIS!   

My husband is so matter-of-fact and I'm too wishy washy.  My husband says "if they were in school, they'd be up and out the door by 7am, and my response is "yes, but isn't that the privilege of being at home?"   The truth is I've always been a push over when it comes to my kids.  NOT GOOD!

Therein lies the answer to my scheduling problem!  I've been letting my teen dictate to me his own relaxed schedule, and now he's not getting enough done.  I can remember being the same way at his age.  And, unfortunately, my mother was as much a push over as I am.   This alone should be motivation enough for me to push harder.   I got away with too much manipulation when I was a teen and it didn't benefit me one bit!    At least my son has Christ living within him (I did not) and I know this makes all the difference.    He's not trying to be deceitful  - he's just being a self-satisfying  teen. 

Regardless - this is his first year of highschool and though it's more difficult than all the other years combined - the fact is - we have to do the work!  No messing around!  We have credits to count and things to be learned so he can attend college (against his will).   

One day he's going to thank us for this - I hope.      How often I've thought back to my highschool days and wished that my mother would have "encouraged" (made) me to get involved more and take my schooling more seriously.   I could have accomplished so much more if I would have had a strong person behind me, pushing me to learn things I didn't really care about or get involved with activities that I was uninterested in.   I would have been more of a well-rounded human being.

So, with that being figured out - I'm off to make out a new schedule and toughen myself up a bit!

Be blessed and remember:  "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God."  (Philippians 4:6)

Until next time.....

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