How I Feel...Really

This is how I was feeling before we actually started our homeschool year.

I had so much hope, so many dreams that this year would be different...

But after 5 weeks of school this how I really feel...Can you hear me?! *sigh* I'm sure today will be a better day :).

God Is God Apart From Us

The girls and I are reading through Big Truths for Young Hearts. Today's reading was such a wonderful illustration of who God is. God is so great that he "has measured the water in the hollow of his hand". Audra remarked, "You mean God can hold all the ocean in the palm of his hand!" Yes, that is how big and great God is. If he is that great and mighty, shouldn't we honor him as God and depend on him for all we need? "Our hearts should long to praise this God and to live in dependence upon Him. Yes, indeed, God deserves nothing less."

*Sigh* Must Work on Good Habits!

Lately I've been frustrated with not just one, but all of three of my children. I seem to repeat myself far too many times. I find myself irritated and tired from just having to go over the same things everyday. How can my daughter (to remain nameless) forget to brush her hair?? Don't we do that every day?

Obviously I've done something wrong! Perhaps it's MY bad habits that are forming bad ones in my children. So my focus this week, trying to regain good habits. We'll see how it goes. So far I've not done what I should first thing this morning. :( I suppose training my children has a lot more to do with how much I'm willing to be trained as well. This parenting stuff can really be time consuming!

Never Forget

This is Russ' work and it's worth listening to:

http://townhall.com/talkradio/weekendjournal/615407

This Can't Be Happening

Some things come far too quickly...

Another School Year Begins

Another school year starts and I'm reminded how fast time flies. I look forward to what lies ahead, but I want to cherish what is behind too. I'm excited what this year will bring. As the season begins to change, and it's cool again, it brings back warm memories of traditions that will be repeated and time spent with family and friends. So, with the kids getting older, I will do a few things different. I hope to dine with them, not just feed them. I want to have conversation, not just talk. I want to fellowship with them, not just live with them. I'm blessed. And I'm learning to be content with exactly where I am. Maybe I'm finally maturing. But then again...