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Sep. 8, 2008
Vision
As the the fall gets underway I have been trying to decide the focus or vision for our family. It is always changing and so it should, however finding the groove we will settle into for now can be a hard task. I have tried using a schedule and then no schedule. I have tried to school so many weeks on and so many off. In all this schedule making I soon realized I was setting myself up for stress and not allowing the freedom of our family to be unique. This fall, I gently started to get into the bookwork subjects and worked a rough schedule based on what each child wanted to study and how I can fit it into the week. That done, I feel like something is really lacking in the plan. It is a vision. Not my vision, but that of my families and of God's. When I took some time this past weekend and this morning, I knew that I was not being true to our families unique lives by having so much structure and expectation in a schedule. Nor is it fair to plan our weeks like those families who's husband is home most nights for dinner.
For those who don't know us, my husband works way a little over half a month. Not all at one time but in blocks of days that stretch from 3-5 days away and the same at home. Trying to "fit" a school week into this schedule is impossible. He works over most weekends and seems to be home the most beginning of the week. I spent my year last year planning as if he worked a more normal schedule. I planned activities for the week with no regard for when he would be home. I have lost the vision of why I started home schooling in the first place, that was family time and time with dad. Slowly I allowed what works best for other families to dictate what we did and when. Lesson learned, if it works for your family it probably won't work for mine! Not rocket science, but so easy to let it happen.So I am trying to work a plan that gives my husband more days without plans when he is home. Days to just "be" with his boys. He misses half their lives and so time with him is top priority.
What does this mean for my schedule? well it went out the window and I am glad.
I am using his days away as major bookwork days regardless of what the calender says. This means that we are not available for many of the functions, and visiting that take place in the week. This means that we are honoring God in how he has formed the family.
This is not going to be easy for me to accomplish, but I know the stress level of trying to keep up with someone else's plan just won't be there. I need the joy back in my days and in our lives.
I am going to ponder more what vision means to a homeschooling family and hope that when I return to this topic I can let you all in on how it goes!
Till then praying you find time to remind yourselves what your vision is and to recommit to staying true to the vision!
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