It was all I could do to get my youngest to go outside one short week ago. Now, there she sits by the sunny window while trying to do her school work, just staring....with that longing look on her face and a far off daze in her eyes. Spring Fever has finally infected my self-proclaimed, house-bound, indoor daughter.

She is a Junior in High School. Algebra II is already a course that has to force feed herself on a daily basis. Although she's getting good grades in it - she is not AT ALL a math oriented person and drags her feet severely with it. On a day like today - that Spring has sprung the temperature up to a sunny 78 (from it's last week reading of 42!) - how would I expect her to get good grades on a subject she completely abhors while the out of doors is bursting forth with life? I know she will day-dream and not master her Algebra II. So, today, I give in to those brown, puppy-dog eyes and declare my solution: "As long as it is ALL done before bed-time on Sunday...."

Now this solution may not work with an elementary student as well when Spring Fever hits, but it is a solution for a High School Teenager. Here is why I believe this: College is in her ever approaching future, she will have the choices then to either DO the work immediately or put it off or schedule it out responsibly. Most of the adult lessons we learned in life are things we learned because we made choices - sometimes they were good ones, sometimes bad ones. We will see what her choice turns out to be by dinner on Sunday.

Blessings to your Family!

Donna Miller