Like every other homeschool mom I know, I frequently worry about how my kids will turn out. Will they be normal? Will they get accepted to college? Want to go to college? Be employable? Marriageable? I know these are questions that every mom asks herself, but homeschool parents generally seem to feel a bit more pressure than other parents. Mainly because all the responsibility falls on our shoulders. After all, if our kids mess up who have we to blame but ourselves?
On Tuesday nights I get some encouragement in the form of a handful of awesome teens who come to our house for bible study. Three of them are former homeschoolers and two are getting ready to graduate from a performing arts school and go on to college with plans to go into full-time mission work. And all of them LOVE Jesus! They also happen to be funny, insightful, loving, talented, smart.....and normal. So when I spend time with them they help me see the kind of kids my own children might turn out to me and it gives me a whole lotta hope for their futures!
So, Audrey, Nate, Nick, Audrianna and Cosi-thanks for giving us your Tuesday nights and for showing us just the kind of young adults we hope our own little ones might someday grow up to be. We love you!
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Mar. 11, 2009 - I am so thankful for you
Posted by Sandra Joseph
Oh, Alison - you don't know how thankful I am for Chad and you and your investment in Audrianna's life. I pray that a couple just like you will invest in your kid's lives as well when they are teenagers. I wrote a quick thank you on my blog as well ...
Love,
Sandy
Recognize & Remember
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PS Thank you for the wonderful Applebee's gift card you left for the kids the other evening!!