Last Friday as we left on our first adventure of Spring Break I felt anxious about our decision to homeschool. For the first time, the task felt completely daunting. I'm a very Type A person. I have very high expectations for Jackson and myself. For example, I felt like I needed to be doing structured learning for the same amount of time had he been at school. Anything less felt like failure. I was putting a lot of pressure on myself, not to mention Jackson. I decided to message Continue Reading
The $100 Lego { And a Lesson In Perspective }
You might be a boy mom if your son shoves a red Lego up his nose in the Chick Filet drive thru. I was in my own little world ordering a large Dr Pepper and a chocolate milk when Jackson started crying and acting hysterical. Buddy, what's wrong? Maybe he wanted fries, too? I knew he was exhausted. He'd been wide awake since 3 a.m. (thanks ADHD!) Through his tears I heard him say, Red Lego in my nose. And I sort of panicked. There I was stuck between a billion cars with no way Continue Reading
When It Gets Hard, Pray for Love
It dawned on me the other day that the most important thing I can do as we transition into this new season of homeschooling is pray. I tend to run ahead without checking in with God. I start adding teaching supplies to my Amazon cart. I begin worrying about how I'll ever teach Jackson Algebra. Um, hello! He's six! I start thinking about the huge responsibility I have to educate my son and it freaks me out. Even though I have complete peace about our decision, I know it's going to Continue Reading
Five Minute Friday {Provide}
We made it to Friday of our first week of homeschool! Two things: I still have complete peace about our decision I’m still scared to death I’m gonna screw up my son’s education. But here’s what I know to the bottom of my toes: God will provide every thing I need for the quest ahead. And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. (Phil. 4:19) He will provide the patience I need when the ADHD is at an all time high. He will Continue Reading
Gratitude, Grief and Giving It All To God
There are two important lessons I've learned on the special needs journey. Lesson # 1 Grief is not a one time thing. The past week has been a mixture of grief and gratitude. I've once again had to grieve the way I thought things would be. I thought Jackson would go to Kindergarten. I hoped so desperately he would have his own set of amazing memories - similar to my own - from his Kindergarten year. I thought I would be a room mom and a member of the PTA. I thought we'd find a way to Continue Reading