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Announcement!
BOTH of my eBook are now available for only $0.99 download or Kindle at Amazon.com
I am so thankful for each one of you!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Available Now!
$0.99
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Today begins another school year around here. This is our seventh year, and I am really excited for God’s plans this year. We have many changes going on…I now have a middle schooler, two grade schoolers, and a preschooler. We have decided to use the Bible as our main text this fall, and everything will be stemming from Genesis. I can’t wait to see what He teaches us.
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“When we spend too much time on the details we miss out on the true teacher in all of this. God. He is teaching our families. He is in charge. Sit at his feet awhile and just listen.”
~excerpt from “Called Home: Finding Joy in Letting God Lead Your Homeschool.”
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I want to really focus on God’s Word this fall. I want to simplify and eliminate the unnecessary and the things that really are just fluff. I want our days to be filled with a thirst for His wisdom.
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It’s been a busy few weeks around here. The Lord has been teaching me so much. We are winding down to the final week of “formal” school. I can hardly believe that next year we will begin our 7th year of homeschooling. Unbelievable!
I started out as a scared mom having no idea what she was getting herself into. I was insecure in myself and what I was doing. Now here I am, writing, speaking, and sharing with the world about homeschooling. I even have a #1 book on Amazon.com about homeschooling. Craaaazy.
I will say it again and again…
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I can’t get over what He does. I mean, it seems so logical-after all, God did breathe this world into existence. He created the universe and the sun, the moon and the stars. He can do anything. He displays His power daily in Creation and in this world. So why is it so unbelievable to me the power He has unleashed in my life? Why am I surprised that He has done these things?
On another note, I am planning for next school year and can’t wait to share with you our plans. I will do so once they are all complete.
As for now we are busily preparing for our RV trip which is in 2 weeks! Woo Hoo! I will be blogging from the road so be sure to subscribe here so you can keep up. I will be sharing what life is like when we leave it all behind and trade it in for the 30 foot space we will call “home” for a few weeks. I hope you will join us! I am sure there will be plenty of good, bad, and everything in between!
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Do you spend more time reading abut homeschooling than actually homeschooling? Planning your homeschool than actually being present in your homeschool? Are you living for the expectation rather than for the moment?
I used to do that. I would spend more time planning what we should be doing than actually accomplishing what I needed to. It was so hard in the beginning to sort through all of the information-so I felt I needed to read all of it. Yet soon it became apaparent that I was only sowing seeds of discontent in my home. If I felt we were lacking, than the kids saw that.
Does the comparison trap have you paralyzed at times? Are you feeling that you should be doing more, or like someone else?
Stop. Stop it all.
Dear sister, realize that yearning for something else is the inborn deep set need for eternity. God placed it there so we yearn for Him. We will never be fully satisfied until we are one day in that glorious place with our Lord.
Once we realize that, we can stop the insanity. Stop continually searching for something more. Knowing this is not our home, yet, making the best of each and every second here. It matters.
I do not want to look back someday and have regrets. I don’t want my children to remember mommy on the computer or distracted with meaningless tasks- I want them to remember our homeschooling days as filled with memories of our time together, fully present in the moment.
I write because God placed a desire in my heart. My goal though is to always, always point others to him. Seeing Him in all. I only write when he places these words in my heart and they overflow onto the keyboard. I never write with the intention of gaining more readers and thinking I “know it all.” In fact, I know nothing. He supplies words for me each day and the strength for me to homeschool. I do not do it by one ounce of my own strength.
We need to enjoy each other’s writings, support each other wholeheartedly, but never let all of this information get in the way of real life.
Homeschooling each day should involved mommy fully present. We don’t want to teach our kids to be so distracted!
Do not succumb to the lie that other people are doing things better. God created your family unique for your family’s unique purpose. Do not covet someone else’s homeschool. Enjoy your homeschool with your family! I have had friends completely disconnect from facebook, etc. so that they could do just that. Be free to be themselves. It is freeing indeed.
Enjoy each second. It is cliche but it goes by so fast. Learn with your kids, play with your kids, create a foundation that says, “My mom was fully present when I needed her most.”
Don’t fall into the trap of comparing yourself to others. Don’t fall into the trap of always living for the expectation of how things “should be.” Anticipate your glorous home some day, and make the most of each second here.
Turn to Him each and every second in your homeschool-not others. And enjoy Simply…Homeschool.
Day: 1: Cooking with Kids
Day 2: Why I Have Simplified Homeschool
Day 3 Using Your Library
Day 4 Scavenger Hunts!
Day 5 Starting Your Day with the Lord
Day 6 Garden Learning
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