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Thank you for sharing your life with us. I have to relax a bit...I flip out if the kitchen island is piled with project stuff...I"m thinking to myself, "Am I expecting an HGTV camera crew or something?" But I have to admit, our schoolroom is very "lived in"....I really just let DC, especially 5yo DD "explore" in there. Of course, some days there isn't much room left for "exploring". Of course, then there are their rooms. Yep, our hs life is imperfect (except for the kitchen island). In fact, there are still 2 Christmas ornament storage boxes sitting in the family room...and the 3 wisemen are still on a coffee table. But, we've had a great week glueing robots...that's what DD will remember.
Thank you for reminding us that it's ok to have the flower petals on the counter ...
Michelle

Edited by eyecorn on Jan. 13, 2006 at 9:34 PM

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Posted by energyfree

ok, so I would have had to clean up my kitchen a bit to take that photo Kelly!! I actually posted the following on another web site last night. It fits here.

Clean houses are overrated! Kids need exposure to a variety of germs to build up tolerence and resistance. My kids should be immune to just about everything by now!

I’ll clean my house the day after my last precious child leaves the nest. And I’ll miss the mess while I do it.

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Posted by FaithnFamilynFriends

Wow! it is nice to know that not everyone has the HGTV home. There are times when I go to someone elses home and just feel BLAH, 1 reason is there home has NO trace of children living there, and 2 it is absolutly perfect. About 3 mnths ago my husband and I received the PERFECT gift from our children ( ds10 and dd6) they were in the back seat with their baby brother and we got ready to pull in the drive way and our ds10 said " sis isn't great to be home" and dd6 said "I love home". DH and I got teary eyed because we sacrafice SO much so that I can be home with our blessings and I felt the Lord saying "Thank You for raising my children to your best ability and Thank You for the sacrafices! Also, I heard a mom once say that she always thought her home had to be an A+ home she had 3 boys, all were 18mnths apart. She finally realized that her A+ home would sometimes have to be a C+ if she wanted to make memories with her children. I have to remind myself of that at times! SORRY SO LONG!

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Posted by takingthechallenge

...honest post! I have heard mom after mom beat herself up after hearing another "perfect" mom talk about her "perfect" home and her "perfect" homeschool....while sometimes these talks are misinterpreted, sometimes speakers and writers do come across as if they have it all together and as if anyone who doesn't is a failure. In the process they do so much more harm than good. The women who really encourage and help other women are the ones who admit the struggles but share the fruits of the successes that take place because of obedience to God and hearts and homes filled with God's love.
You probably won't get a comment from every woman you encouraged with your post, but believe me, you've encouraged some hearts!

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