Contest - Encouragement
Oct. 16, 2005 at 4:03 PM
Contest - Encouragement
Palms of His Hands
I feel certain my dd10 has some form of dyslexia which has made learning to read a struggle - to say the least. Of course, if reading is a struggle, so is most of school. I have prayed dilligently for wisdom, for everything to click in her brain, and for her to love reading. Last year I implemented copy work and notebooking into her school work with very good results. Still, she's not where I feel she needs to be.
Heart for Home
Nothing compares to being in the center of God's will for my life. I could try to find my place in this world doing many other things, but if I'm not in God's will, I will be dwelling in the tents of wickedness. I would be in rebellion.
Eleanor Joyce
Are We There Yet
How much further? Ah, those universal questions. They cross the lips of every child who travels by car, train, bus, plane, rickshaw, canoe or camel.
Taking the Challenge
Coffee Shop Time
Isn’t it funny the varied ways we find relaxation? For some people it’s wandering the mall, for others it’s a trip to the bookstore. Some people enjoy taking a walk, others going for a ride. I’m not really a mall gal, walking is exercise, and bookstores are dangerous places for our budget. I love going for rides, but that’s more of a weekend kind of thing that I love sharing with my husband. For me, it’s a trip to the coffee shop. You know the kind of place…it’s the mom and pop version (usually it’s more like a Joe-College version) of Starbucks.
My Smoky Mountain Homeschool
Unexpected Detours
Have you ever gotten lost? Have you ever gotten behind a tourist on the backroads? (Or a slow person in the fast lane for those of you who don't live in Sevier Co.) Have you ever had a morning when you just can't get out of the house? These are unexpected detours.
Joys in the Journey
My Prayers over Tea
When I arise in the morning, one of my favorite things to do; before the kids start rustling about, before my husband begins his morning trek out the door to work, before school schedules, chores, plans, emails or blogs, is to brew a cup of tea and spend what the children call my ‘solo time’ with God.
A Crocus & a Chrysanthemum
What have flowers to do with homeschooling?
I am the happy homeschooling mom of two very different children. I have tended and nurtured them like the flowers in a garden, providing each with what they needed to be able to mature and bloom.
VegieBlog
Working and Homeschooling
Mamabugs posted a comment to one of my entries, bowing because I work and homeschool. So I wanted to comment on that comment. I always knew that I wanted to homeschool my own kids, after being homeschooled for grades 9-12 myself. And I always had a career "dream"...to work in the EMS field.
A Day at the End of the Road
Today I became a member of a club I didn’t ask to join…
I was looking at my son this weekend as he prepared to train for his monthly National Guard weekend... he is so strong and tall... he carries himself well... he is a man... his boyish smile is still there.. but something has changed... he no longer stands with one foot in childhood and one foot in adulthood... How I worried about that child... yet he had prayed and sought God for years before deciding to serve his country during these shakey times.... this was the call on his life... I glanced back over a letter I wrote to him the night before he left for basic
The Cappuccino Life
Today, we socialize
We are one of those odd families that keeps our children out of daycare, out of "preschool", out of Sunday school, and only lets them hang with peers (not that the baby can do much hanging out at this point) when we are right there with them. I know a lot of people think we are depriving our children of something special.
The Lord’s Room Homeschool
Daily Quote from Thomas Kinkade Calendar
"You will gradually be tuning your heart to play a different melody." It almost sounds like a fortune cookie or horoscope (or horrorscope I call it!). But I appreciate the message,that as the seasons of our lives change, our hearts gradually change.
Emmaus Farm
A Time to Dance and a Time to Sing
Our home-schooled family spends a lot of time together. My husband works from home so we share more meals together than the average family. Lunch can be a hunt and gather affair. Often we can be found eating our noon meal while leaning against the kitchen counter. The dining room and kitchen are bustling with children eating, others seeking, others being served.
Principled Discovery
Finding Purpose
Fifteen months ago, our family made the decision for me to leave the workplace to stay home. The beginning was very tough. I struggled with boredom, lack of direction and lack of purpose. I truly believed my children to be more important than all I gave up, and struggled with a sense of guilt when I realized that I really wanted to return to work. I began feeling like I was only serving everyone around me and had no real sense of my own worth.
As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord
It's Not About Me...And yet somehow it is
Most of what I have been writing about lately has nothing to do with homeschooling...or at least "school at home"...Why is that? Am I just stuck on myself and too concerned with me, me, and me? That's really NOT it, but I couldn't quite express what it was until now, and I am not sure I will do it well here! The more I wrestle with this, the more I believe in many ways homeschooling is actually about me. Not about my wants, my desires, my self....but what God is doing in my life and how He is changing me and the trickle down effect that then has on my family.
Dena’s Deliberations
Fear Not
Fear. That nasty four letter word. Fear of not covering everything the public school covered exactly when they covered it. Fear of what others would think. Fear of failure. And in response, I pushed. I pushed my son to complete each page, activity or assignment exactly when and how it was required regardless of his capabilities. Yes, we would get to the "fun stuff" later in the day, but the mornings were often full of tears, leaving us too hurt, stressed or frustrated to enjoy it when we did.
Dandelion Seeds
Slippers over Heels
How many times have I asked the Lord, "God, is this really what I'm supposed to be doing? I mean, don't you have something really important for me...?" I never planned on being a mother. I was going to be a "career woman". You know... the full deal... whatever it was I was going to be, I was going to "look the part" by wearing suits; exuding "professionalism" all the way! (Pause for hysterical laughter...) I will never forget the day the realization of my life hit me like a train as I stood in the check-out line at the grocery store...
I Blog, Therefore I am
Writing Cycles
In A Writer’s Book of Days, author Judy Reeves talks about the two cycles authors go through – a productive time, and a fallow time. “You may notice that sometimes, no matter what, the writing is difficult,” she writes. “When you put pen to page nothing happens. Or that which happens is boring. Or junk. The words are clumsy and get in each other’s way like the sneakered feet of a thirteen-year-old.”
Through the Window Pane
For Such a Time as This
One day when I was reading my Bible the Lord led me to find the Hebrew word Revach, which means to breathe freely, to revive, to have ample room, to be extended, and to be refreshed. It also means deliverance and liberation from distress.
Quiet Life
Math
When I was in First or Second grade I can remember taking a test at the end of the year. I remember looking at a page with numbers and empty boxes and not knowing what to do with them.I raised my hand.
Coffee Shop Time
Isn’t it funny the varied ways we find relaxation? For some people it’s wandering the mall, for others it’s a trip to the bookstore. Some people enjoy taking a walk, others going for a ride. I’m not really a mall gal, walking is exercise, and bookstores are dangerous places for our budget. I love going for rides, but that’s more of a weekend kind of thing that I love sharing with my husband. For me, it’s a trip to the coffee shop. You know the kind of place…it’s the mom and pop version (usually it’s more like a Joe-College version) of Starbucks.
My Smoky Mountain Homeschool
Unexpected Detours
Have you ever gotten lost? Have you ever gotten behind a tourist on the backroads? (Or a slow person in the fast lane for those of you who don't live in Sevier Co.) Have you ever had a morning when you just can't get out of the house? These are unexpected detours.
Joys in the Journey
My Prayers over Tea
When I arise in the morning, one of my favorite things to do; before the kids start rustling about, before my husband begins his morning trek out the door to work, before school schedules, chores, plans, emails or blogs, is to brew a cup of tea and spend what the children call my ‘solo time’ with God.
A Crocus & a Chrysanthemum
What have flowers to do with homeschooling?
I am the happy homeschooling mom of two very different children. I have tended and nurtured them like the flowers in a garden, providing each with what they needed to be able to mature and bloom.
VegieBlog
Working and Homeschooling
Mamabugs posted a comment to one of my entries, bowing because I work and homeschool. So I wanted to comment on that comment. I always knew that I wanted to homeschool my own kids, after being homeschooled for grades 9-12 myself. And I always had a career "dream"...to work in the EMS field.
A Day at the End of the Road
Today I became a member of a club I didn’t ask to join…
I was looking at my son this weekend as he prepared to train for his monthly National Guard weekend... he is so strong and tall... he carries himself well... he is a man... his boyish smile is still there.. but something has changed... he no longer stands with one foot in childhood and one foot in adulthood... How I worried about that child... yet he had prayed and sought God for years before deciding to serve his country during these shakey times.... this was the call on his life... I glanced back over a letter I wrote to him the night before he left for basic
The Cappuccino Life
Today, we socialize
We are one of those odd families that keeps our children out of daycare, out of "preschool", out of Sunday school, and only lets them hang with peers (not that the baby can do much hanging out at this point) when we are right there with them. I know a lot of people think we are depriving our children of something special.
The Lord’s Room Homeschool
Daily Quote from Thomas Kinkade Calendar
"You will gradually be tuning your heart to play a different melody." It almost sounds like a fortune cookie or horoscope (or horrorscope I call it!). But I appreciate the message,that as the seasons of our lives change, our hearts gradually change.
Emmaus Farm
A Time to Dance and a Time to Sing
Our home-schooled family spends a lot of time together. My husband works from home so we share more meals together than the average family. Lunch can be a hunt and gather affair. Often we can be found eating our noon meal while leaning against the kitchen counter. The dining room and kitchen are bustling with children eating, others seeking, others being served.
Principled Discovery
Finding Purpose
Fifteen months ago, our family made the decision for me to leave the workplace to stay home. The beginning was very tough. I struggled with boredom, lack of direction and lack of purpose. I truly believed my children to be more important than all I gave up, and struggled with a sense of guilt when I realized that I really wanted to return to work. I began feeling like I was only serving everyone around me and had no real sense of my own worth.
As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord
It's Not About Me...And yet somehow it is
Most of what I have been writing about lately has nothing to do with homeschooling...or at least "school at home"...Why is that? Am I just stuck on myself and too concerned with me, me, and me? That's really NOT it, but I couldn't quite express what it was until now, and I am not sure I will do it well here! The more I wrestle with this, the more I believe in many ways homeschooling is actually about me. Not about my wants, my desires, my self....but what God is doing in my life and how He is changing me and the trickle down effect that then has on my family.
Dena’s Deliberations
Fear Not
Fear. That nasty four letter word. Fear of not covering everything the public school covered exactly when they covered it. Fear of what others would think. Fear of failure. And in response, I pushed. I pushed my son to complete each page, activity or assignment exactly when and how it was required regardless of his capabilities. Yes, we would get to the "fun stuff" later in the day, but the mornings were often full of tears, leaving us too hurt, stressed or frustrated to enjoy it when we did.
Dandelion Seeds
Slippers over Heels
How many times have I asked the Lord, "God, is this really what I'm supposed to be doing? I mean, don't you have something really important for me...?" I never planned on being a mother. I was going to be a "career woman". You know... the full deal... whatever it was I was going to be, I was going to "look the part" by wearing suits; exuding "professionalism" all the way! (Pause for hysterical laughter...) I will never forget the day the realization of my life hit me like a train as I stood in the check-out line at the grocery store...
I Blog, Therefore I am
Writing Cycles
In A Writer’s Book of Days, author Judy Reeves talks about the two cycles authors go through – a productive time, and a fallow time. “You may notice that sometimes, no matter what, the writing is difficult,” she writes. “When you put pen to page nothing happens. Or that which happens is boring. Or junk. The words are clumsy and get in each other’s way like the sneakered feet of a thirteen-year-old.”
Through the Window Pane
For Such a Time as This
One day when I was reading my Bible the Lord led me to find the Hebrew word Revach, which means to breathe freely, to revive, to have ample room, to be extended, and to be refreshed. It also means deliverance and liberation from distress.
Quiet Life
Math
When I was in First or Second grade I can remember taking a test at the end of the year. I remember looking at a page with numbers and empty boxes and not knowing what to do with them.I raised my hand.
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