"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." Proverbs 27:17 ESV

Last night I was completely drained from doing video editing all day long for some missionaries who are doing video presentations at our church camp.  My head was still swimming with everything about Laos. The boys and I have kind of a tradition of doing "guy stuff" on Monday nights.  It was a beautiful night, so we all stayed outside and the girls caught fireflies while the boys were whacking them out of the air with their lightsabers.  It made a really impressive "sparkling" effect.  It gave me my second wind.  I greatly enjoyed watching the kids (girls catching, boys killing) interact with the fireflies. 

Anyway, after we came inside and I put the girls to bed, (Jenette was out with her lady friends!) the boys and I played a game of spades.  At about 12:30 AM or so, I had a sudden realization and shared it with the boys. I said, "you know, we wouldn't be able to do this every Monday night if you guys went to public school."  Jason looked at me with his funny look as he pondered my statement.  Jon went on gloating about his and Joel's imminent victory in the card game, and Joel, the oldest and most analytical, said, "that's right, we wouldn't." 

Joel continued (he is the source of most information for the other boys): "if we went to school, we would have to get up very early to catch the bus on Tuesday, so we wouldn't ever stay up late on Monday night."

Perspective comes to kids in the most interesting times and ways. Mine came in realizing that I wouldn't be able to share these times with the boys without the blessing of homeschooling. 

Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,  making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. - Ephesians 5:15-16 ESV