I’ve decided to approach some rambling here...not that anyone is excited about that, but I am. You see, my brain is often FULL and sometimes trying to find the serious point out of what’s rumbling up there is best for me. I’m learning other times it’s just good to ramble. (and yes those are oven mitts my daughter decided to use as slipper socks!)
Here’s what’s rambling right now...I really have a love/hate relationship with homeschooling. I mean ...the hate part is the love part...there’s rarely a mental space break and with that...there’s always some sort of dialogue going on. What’s so great about it is not the “what’s for lunch” and “please clean this UP” dialogue (that’s there too), but it’s the deeper processing of what they’re thinking. The wrestle I constantly have is to stop and listen...just be in the moment that was NOT ON THE SCHEDULE! And let me tell you, I’m not very organized in our days, but I do have a mental list of things I NEED to get done. What I’m realizing (probably b/c I’m unsure what next year will bring for my kids being home still) is that at the end of the day when I close my eyes and thank God for being with us...it’s not in the mental list that I checked off that comes to mind. Those things are tangible ‘I did something’ and do FEEL really good. What comes to mind is the SATISFIED FEELING I have from so many moments in the day...from watching my daughter dancing around happy that she finished her work and ENJOYED some of it along the way to her creating her own recipe for the sub dressing she made and when she presented her recipe for me to use next time I realized the joy she takes in creating, not just getting something done. Today I got to listen to my son’s thoughts on his persuasive essay on “Why a friend should commit their life to Christ”. It was neat to watch him conclude what and why he believed. That was after saying, “I’m so glad I’m studying Economics and actually love understanding how it works” (read into it: i like understanding MONEY). That’s ok:)
So, today I’m glad my kids, including the one in ‘real school’ love learning. It slows me down. It helps me keep that spark alive for constantly growing. For now, I’m reminded learning is good (even when I can’t really say Latin is important to learn 10 years from now...the discipline in it is). So tonight around the dinner table we’ll share some of this ‘learned stuff’ and inquire and share what we’ve seen and learned. It’s not an interruption...it’s really worth taking time to sink our hearts, minds and souls into. God made it that way...so we’d learn and see more of Him.
