Maybe that is why some things feel unfinished. We are coming to an end of another homeschool year. Of course the door to summertime freedom is yearning to be swung wide open...but it just isn't quite the time, yet.

I know better when I sit and wonder whether there are other families out there feeling as if their goals weren't reached, if something went neglected. We all do that, I'm supposing. Our family trail is littered with good intentions and unreached goals. I wonder though, how many abandonded projects and assignments actually opened the door to a new experience or opportunity. 

I'll admit, I'm ready to retire. We've homeschooled 10 years and I want to be done. I want to throw our references to the wind and run unburdened by the responsiblity of educating our children. I want my children to see me as Mom, not Teacher Mom, just Mom. I want..........   and then, it hits, how can I send those precious Spirits off to a foriegn land? I remind myself that three of my children have already flown from our nest to build their own and two more remain. They are not young, they are teens that are already testing the winds of freedom. These last two are the ones that encourage me to keep going and I will, for a little longer. I'll run through the door of summer with my family. I'll remind myself to play and then as the summer fades to an end, the beginning will become more clear ...and I'll be ready.