My 8 year old son, Little Man, was testing my patience today.  We started back  schooling two weeks ago, so today starts week three.  We pulled Little Man from public school in Jan. of this year.  He is now in the third grade.  Well today he chose not to write his spelling words.  He said he was hungry, then he had a headache, then he had to use the restroom 6 times in 2 hours.  I kept telling him all he has to do is write the words two times each and then he could go to the pool with the rest of us.  2 1/2 hours later, there he sat!!  It is now a battle of wills.  I WILL win and he WILL write his words.  He kept telling me, in his best whining, 'I'm about to die' voice that, "We didn't do this in public school"; " We only had 12 words in public school not 25"; "Mrs. So-n-so only said we had to write them one time".  I informed Little Man that I was not "Mrs. So-n-so" that this was not public school and that he would write those 25 words not once but twice.  Well, several tears later, from the both of us, Little Man completed his list of words in 17.3 minutes and we went to the pool.

There is no option of returing the children to public school.  There is a big lock with no key to that door, besides God has sealed that door.  Will there be a time when they forget that they used to be in public school?  And will they learn to love being at home and realize that they are learning more than their "Three R's", before they graduate from College?  And how many times will I hear "Mrs. So-n-so's" name?

I know tommorrow is a new day, and I can start fresh.  God is Good All the Time, and All the Time, God is Good!!

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Posted by GenesisFamily

I am so proud of you for "locking that door!" You know that God is going to bless you in ways you can't even imagine.
See you tomorrow!
GenesisFamily

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Posted by eyecorn

Oh, yes, I have been in a similar battle when DS was younger. I still get the whinig...and what's worse is voice is now deeper and it seems like the whine is louder because of it! Congrats on sticking with it...when we let Him, God does give us the strength, guidance and grace during the most trying moments of hs'ing.

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Posted by gracebydesign

Like a river attendeth my soul....

Welcome to blogging - from another relatively new blogger! I have had the priviledge to walk through some amazing adventures in life, leaving behind the familiar and sometimes what I think is the precious....esp my closest friends. But through the tough stuff I can genuinely say that I am so choked up with joy that I have a chance to hang onto God in such a REAL way. Blogging here and 'meeting' Genesis family and receiving her words of encouragement has boosted me incredibly and even in the quietest, lonliest times of my life, God has blessed me with other godly women to 'stand' with me. My heart goes out to you saying goodbye to this amazing friend but the richness you will find ahead is going to blow you away! Surrender and embrace and much joy will you find. Habakkuk 3.17

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Posted by GenesisFamily

Where are you Miss Coconut, I leave town for a few days and you quit blogging? You've barely begun! Let us know what is going on up there in the Middle Of Nowhere!!!!
Love ya!
me

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Posted by Bahamahomeschooler

I just linked here from GenisisFamily. So glad to meet you.

I dealt with this issue with my oldest (the only one that went to school) It is more a matter of training. any change for a child is hard and they will fight against it. We are in control (I feel out of control most of the time) and must train (pushing in the right direction). My second part of my first year was more training then teaching. They were so excited at first but, the battle of the wills began. Remember that God commands us to teach and TRAIN our children. He will love being home more then anything soon. God will help you through this time. His strenght is suffecent.
Please visit me sometime.

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