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8.19.2009
Needing Confirmation
on 4/25/09 my son was bit by a german shepherd and his leg was torn open. That took a while to completely heal and close up after stitches.
I know many a mom who has said their son didn't take off in reading til 8.5-9 years or later....maybe it's a boy thing.
My mom -- who only had daughters both of whom wanted to and did learn to read and write in cursive at 4 years old -- babysat DS one day while I went to my 2 hours per day seasonal job at the lawn care place. When I came home she told me he needed a tutor or a school because he kept asking her to read the directions on a video game he was trying to play since all he could do was sit with his leg up. (and being still for a 7 year old boy is tough in itself!)
So i tried to contact a tutor in our area that tutors homeschoolers and only charges $20 an hour...she was all booked up...so we contacted sylvan and they of course start with a test....now we were just about done with "2nd" grade but all their tests said he was mid-late first grade level.
this past year DS has been more whiny/complainy about doing his learning and likes to play as if he has forgotten things and so we needed to review a lot.
Plus we adhere to Charlotte Mason's method which says kids his age should spend no more than 20 minutes max on a subject but the shorter lesson periods should be at the students best level of work.
This to DH looked as if we didn't school all day as he thinks homeschoolers should do so they can be better/smarter than other kids...to him that's the whole point of homeschooling....(yes you can roll your eyes, i just did after typing it out!)
Sylvan turned out to be way too much money so we contacted a christian school that has a summer session at only $50 a week. They use A.C.E. curricula and so it doesn't matter that as of today he is 8 years old, should be starting 3rd grade but only 3/4 the way thru first grade level word building and math ---they started him all over but said they can tell he knew most of it the way he breezes through with 95-100% test scores after each pace. This school does not emphasize grade level so no embarrassment factor for DS and they work independently -- no teacher lectures....
I have told my mom and DH we could use the same curricula at home and it would be sooooo much cheaper...as it stands and I know compared to other christian schools this is not too much...but it will be $348 a month plus enrollment and curricula fee...not to mention lunches and uniforms....and I noticed over the summer with him in the 12 week summer session that we spent a lot more on groceries than ever before simply with everyone needing a lunch (DH and I at work and DS at school)
I did the math and with DH getting laid off from the railroad and I only working a seasonal part time job and both of us applying and interviewing all summer for full time work but with 400 applicants per job someone is always more "qualified"....I told DH I just don't think we'll be able to afford rent and insurance and groceries and fuel and the tuition...yikes!
But DH says DS is happy at his school so we should sacrifice to make it happen and of course my mom already bought his uniforms....
it was/still is aggravating that everyone in the family is so happy to see DS in a school
as if homeschooling isn't good enough
Back in Oct of 06 I decided to quit my part time job at a chiropractor's office because I knew DS was getting older and him being my only I didn't want to fritter away the years in a job while struggling to arrange child care since we homeschooled. That very day I told my boss my intentions DH rear ended someone ---so that was a repair bill and higher car insurance premium and then the next month he had to have $600 worth of dental work because of a piece of candy.... and DH worked at walmart making maybe $12/hr at this time and that places health insurance bites
I thought oh my maybe I shouldn't quit but kept at the plan and in Feb of 07 DH got hired on with Union Pacific Railroad....we had double the income as before....
then dec of 08 he got cut to 8 days per month and then 7-29-09 got perm laid off...no more 8 days of pay and medical insurance.
I just wonder what HE is trying to tell me.....if HE wants DS home educated then HE has to provide DH with as good as or better paying job as the railroad was and I'd like HIM to confirm this decision out of DH's and my moms lips. That DS should be homeschooled again...and maybe apologize for the way they've made me feel all summer would be nice as well.
ETA 8.20.09: Last night at church I also decided that having DS say he wants to be home educated again would also be lovely confirmation.
And I wanted to include what got me thinking about all this in the first place:
at this website there was a lesson I was reading/listening to and here's a small part that really stuck:
But let’s also recognize the important God-principle laid down in the life of Moses for we 21st century Believers: it is that sometimes God will show us directly and plainly His specific will on some matter in our lives…..but far more often and usual, after teaching us His ways, laws, and commands, He will allow us to exercise our own judgment. And if we have hearkened to Him we will choose wisely and correctly…..we will make our judgments in accordance with the Father’s will and therefore His will shall be carried out…… “on earth as it is in Heaven”.
May YHVH bless thee, and keep thee: May YHVH make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: May YHVH lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee Shalom. |
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Charlotte Mason style Home Education Journey with One Dear Son who is praying to be a big brother and soon!
"He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a
joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD."-Psalm 113:9
"And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children." Isaiah 54:13
"I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk
in truth." --III John verse 4
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
---Proverbs 4:7
And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.
--I Samuel 2:21
Praise be to YHVH who is weekly bringing those who hunger and thirst for the whole WORD,
not just what the church says is important....did you know the first century and then some
Believers knew that accepting the Messiah meant being grafted in to the Hebrew faith?
They didn't want to be called gentiles. Paul was always trying to show the physical and
non-physical Jews that they were all Jews spiritually. He many times said the law is not
void and I know those of you out there who say you are saved live by the 10 commandments and
of course the summary of Messiah's own words to love YHVH and then our neighbor....both just
ways of summing up all of Torah which really just expounds on the TEN. It wasn't until
those in authority started saying any caught Judaizing will be put to death that we stopped
observing the true Sabbath and stopped keeping the Feasts and started saying things like the
NLT says in Ephesians 2:15 that the Jewish law/system has been done away with...that's misleading.
The only thing done away with was the animal sacrifice needed to cover sins. Yeshua doesn't just
cover them, HE forgives them. What a truly AWESOME YHVH we serve!!! I pray everyone's ears and
eyes would be opened to desire to know and seek out the whole TRUTH and not just blindly follow
church leaders.
Praise Report:
thankful to have a DH and a DS. my guys!!
Back when I watched my cousins 4th child- Roger - I didn't think I was all that nice to him. But he's seen my and DS's picture at Nanna's and he says "that boy would not share his toys and his mommy told him that is not nice. I like his mommy she was very nice to me" :smile:
Prayer:
Unsaved loved ones to find/or to turn back to Yeshua. For Yeshua to reveal to them
the truth of Hebrew Roots so we can be in one accord. See I Corinthians 1:10
and if it's not too much to ask...I've had to endure hearing about several pregnancy announcements and birth announcements recently. I feel like I am dying inside. The pain is enormous. I really just want more children and HIS Word says they are the best type of physical blessing. I am not asking for riches or material things. I know all HE has to do is think/speak my body into being a "baby making machine" and it would be done. Praying for a miracle.
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