My son, Noah, is graduating on Sunday.  It is the third of my offspring to be graduating from our home school/cottage school and I cannot tell you how relieved I am to have gotten this child through eighteen years of education!  (Yes!  Education starts in the womb when you're a home school Mom!)

It has been a challenge for all my children except for my daughter, who was always a self-starter and didn't struggle with motivation like the boys have.  I have two more boys to go, and they both have autism and other special needs.

Changes are being made here.  Our cottage school is disbanding and we will become instead a home school cooperative and meet two or three mornings a week.  I am hoping to have more time for domestic duties and writing.  I will continue home schooling the twins and I'm looking forward to spending more 1:1 time with them.  They are getting to be a lot of fun. 

I would like to post more on this blog, but I get frustrated with the picture posting.  So I mainly post things over on my tumblr blogs.  Come visit me there! 

http://cottageschool.tumblr.com
http://pastorswives.tubmlr.com
http://karlaakins.tumblr.com
http://jesuslovesbikerchickstoo.tumblr.com
http://grandmasbragblog.tumblr.com
http://mylifewithautism.tumblr.com

I know there are too many of them, but just sign up for the e-mail and they will come to your mail box so you don't have to follow all the time.  I don't post every day.  Especially right now with graduation going on!

Leave me a comment today and let me know what your favorite songs are to use at your graduations.  I am not very excited about the selection of songs out there for Christians (that are on the top of the charts.)  My son is going to sing "It Is Well With My Soul."  He has a beautiful bass voice.  He's also a drummer like his older brother.  They both have very different styles and techniques but they are both very good.  I have no idea how the offspring of a violinist/singer/pianist and a guitarist/banjo-player could become drummers, but there you have it.  Maybe my grandchildren will make melodies!  One can only dream and hope!

Thanks for reading my blog today!  It is nice to be back in homeschooler land, but I wish this beautiful blog set-up worked better for me.  I would really like to be involved more in this community!

Happy Graduation to all who are graduating in 2009!




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