Today we had a pretty school day. Nothing super abnormal about it; as we sat to read the bible this morning things were actually very abnormal...at least for our family. My husband had just left for Warner Robbins, GA for four days. This had left us in a bit of a funk...it really showed up as we tried to push past our 'sorrows' and get busy. Joshua didn't care to do his 'school' which is normal until he gets going and then has a blast, Bethany was climbing into all of our chairs trying to do our schoolwork, Jeremiah was lamenting the seperation with his daddy, and Emily was just trying to shut all the distractions out! I began to notice my voice growing steadily louder trying to  read over the hubbub of our kitchen bar. This is very frustrating as well as unpleasent, particularlly while bearing in mind that you have only begun todays read alouds! At this point I knew that I had to gain control or I would set a grumpy mood for the entire day. To say that this was easy...well, who would I be kidding! Which got me to thinking....

In our home we have a SUPER busy 20-month old. Bethany is capable of so much more in such a short time than any of our other blessings combined! As usual, I am getting our school day going by reading our Bible passages for the day as the children color and complete handwriting. This could only take, oh, 10-15 minutes, but as we read we find ourselves stopping every so often to right a chair, correct someone, or just general homeschool chaos control! Even I forget what we were trying to read sometimes. We have been training in this area in particular...I'll let you know when I begin to reap the rewards for my labors! It is amazing to think that while teaching my children the ways of the Lord and have to work to not 'break' some of the fruits of the Spirit! I thank the Lord for his patience and continual guidence!

Homeschooling is such a wonderful blessing. I am totally thankful and grateful that He chose me to nurture and teach these little ones. This path of motherhood is SO worth our time, energy, and sacrifice. While not always easy, I would choose NOTHING to take its place!

Bless all of you and have a great night! I am going to go read to my jewels....Thank you Lord!