• Aug. 29, 2007
Some things a friend shared with me and I want to share with yall
Some Thoughts on Successful Home-schooling
1. Husband; your marriage relationship comes first
We home school to bless our family, if we destroy our marriage in the process all is lost.
2. Yourself; spiritual, physical, and emotional
You can’t draw water from an empty well. Refresh yourself.
3. Educate your children well
Your children and our society depend upon it, so take your job seriously. Buckle down and do it.
4. Home; meals, cleanliness, organization
Your live is out of balance when you’re not having dinners as a family, no one can find their socks, etc. It breeds a spirit of frustration, and disorganization. Delegate, Organize, Streamline, and Purge.
5. Church; ministry
Home schooling is a ministry; so you already have a job, act accordingly. I encourage Church attendance, just be careful not to be roped into responsibilities.
6. Friends; turn off your phone until your work is done.
We all need fellowship, encouragement, and help. Keep your answering machine “on” during your school hours. Visit while you’re folding clothes, stirring dinner, or scrubbing the toilet.
7. Keep first things first
There are times that our priorities have to reshuffle temporarily; the birth of a new baby, caring for a sick parent, hospitalization. Regularly review your goals and vision for your home school. Keep first things first.
8. Don’t get distracted, Keep your focus
Don’t let the good things in life tempt you away from the great things that you’ve been called to do. There are so many enrichment activities to do and see, and so many people who want you to share your talents that some times it’s difficult to say “no”. Say “No” anyway. For this season of you’re life you are doing a great work, you are shaping the future.
9. Negativity; walk away from it
We all have people in our lives that just don’t get it. Do your best to explain to them why you’re doing what you’re doing, and then “agree to disagree”. If they persist in criticizing and tearing down what you’re doing make it clear to them that they are forcing you to spend less time with them. Negativity corrodes the spirit.
10. Be flexible
Enjoy yourself, and enjoy your children! Don’t get discouraged when things don’t go according to plan. Adapt, improvise, and overcome. The key is get up, brush yourself off, and try again. Don’t be too hard on yourself, or children. We’re all learning!
Before you know it, in the blink of an eye, these children will be grown. Treasure this opportunity!
Be Setting Hens
- All female chickens lay eggs. Not all eggs turn into chicks. Why?
- The only chicken’s that have “live chicks” are Setting Hens.
- Setting Hens only leave their nest briefly for nourishment. (They are home with their children. “a child left to himself brings his mother to shame.” Proverbs 29:15)
- Setting Hens are aggressive toward anyone who tries to dislodge them from their nest. (They understand that life and death, failure or success depends upon them staying on that nest.)
- Setting Hens pluck the feathers from their bellies so that they’re flesh is touching their eggs. (They are close to their children, emotionally and physically.)
- They have to turn their eggs over, maintain the exact temperature, and humidity in order for the chicks to hatch and live. (Never underestimate the importance of what you’re doing, no matter how trivial it may appear to others. Neglect means death/failure.)
- If every one just laid eggs and nobody was a Setting Hen there wouldn’t be anymore chickens. (Think about it.)
We all yearn for our children to grow up happy, healthy, and secure. We’re laying that foundation today. We can only achieve that goal by being like the Setting Hen. Be present in our children’s lives. The time you invest now will bring a great reward.
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• Aug. 7, 2007
Crazy Day Ahead!!
Well today started way to early for me. I got to get use to getting up early just like everyone else in my home since School starts just around the corner. J had to go on a visit. It breaks my heart that DHS does what they do to these kids. His mom will never change and they should realize that now after 18months in foster care and she hasn't seen him but 3 times this year. Today makes #3 by the way. So why now? Why do they think that this is going to help him? Sorry i am a little emotional about this stuff, I am really having a hard time with my baby boy leaving my home to go see some stranger that wants him to call him mom. To him she is not his mom. He will call her that because he doesn't know how to say any other names. Right now the girls therpist is here talking to them about the changes going on in their life. So much heartache goes on in my home sometimes that I don't understand how I handle it with ease. Maybe I have a cold heart at times or maybe it is just that I can't let them see that I hurt for them too. Tonight we have our first Girl Scout Service unit meeting. This year is going to be so busy but I think that I will be able to handle it all. I have my home school group that is really taking off the ground. I am so blessed by that. I have a wonderful husband that supports me in what ever I ask or choose to do. I have a wonderful family. I just wish that my family was truly mine and my children could be sheltered from being hurt so bad by people they think love them. I know I can't save the world but I will die trying one person at a time. God is Powerful and he is almighty and I think him each day that he allows me to touch another soul even if it is for a brief moment.
Okay I will stop rambling. I hope yall have a great day!! God Bless!!!
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• Jul. 23, 2007
Busy Busy
Well I have been so busy already today. Trying to get everything ready for my meeting tonight. This is the 2nd meeting we will have since my home school group came into existence. I am excited and nervous. The group has grown so much. We have a Not Back to School fair on Thursday Click Here To check It out!
We are all excited about it. I think that this will be our growing opportunity. We want to be seen in our community as positives because so much negative things are said about home schoolers in our area. We have a service project we are working on for Foster children this semester. We picked this not because I am a foster mom but because they need things that sometimes foster parents just cant afford. I know this first hand. We are going to be in the Christmas parade and we do so much for the community. I want people to know that home schoolers are smart children and deserve the same respect that public and private school kids get.
