I don't understand the new blogger set up. Now, when I sign in, I get this page to write something. Maybe I'm not ready to write. Maybe I just want to sit here with my coffee at 6:03 in the AM and think about stuff:
Stuff - like how cool my kids are turning out to be. They are growing up and in their thirties and twenties now. Young adults in society. They vote. They pay taxes. They are in relationships. I am a grandmother!
Gosh, you start out by finding out you are going to Have A Baby and the mind just freaks with all kinds of possibilities. So many things to write about that one thought, but one thing I am glad of is that --I did homeschooling with them.
Why? Because homeschooling is the end/all/of/the/be/all or whatever? No. Because these were unique and individual gifts given to me and I just really didn't want to let someone else have them for that many hours a day. I thought they were just so precious, so cool, so just beyond any idea I had of what was the best thing in the world, oh so lovely and wonderful - I wanted them around. I wanted to experience them!~ Amazing!! They are so Amazing!!
Yes, their Amazing-ness has manifested into something that is tangible and real at the same time. I am so fortunate to have lived in a time when I could have decided to homeschool my children. And there were all kinds of comments voiced about this choice at the time (from my family and society). All I can say is, I am so happy that I had either the naivete or the guts or the God-given interior strength to withstand all those things and to follow my heart. Because I really wanted to be around these children of mine. I thank the God I know in Heaven, the creator of the Universe, for that opportunity.
I love my kids. My children. My two sons and my one daughter - unique in every way. Kind and wonderful. I love them --- Truly, Madly, Deeply....and beyond..
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I'm so glad you said that, Sandy...about just wanting to have them with you and not wanting to share them. I thought once that I should've had some lofty purpose in homeschooling...but the truth is I just wanted them to be with me as long as possible. Is that hoarding joy? They've always been fascinating, fun, unique, fun, quirky, fun, loving, wise, silly, fun, and each have gentle, generous, loving and beautiful souls.I wouldn't trade one minute of that time even when they'd get wild when I was on the phone with you and I had to throw shoes at them to get their attention, which made them laugh like crazy. My only wish is for more time to do it all over again. Wait!!! I can!!! We have grandchildren!!!! You & Shaylin are blessed beyond measure to have each other daily. Happy happy happy for you!!!
Your kids are great. Times with you and your family are counted as something wonderful in my life. ( #1 son said I threw shoes, too! Did that really happen? LOL. I know I baked a lot of freakin' cookies!!)
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