A Study in exact opposites and other random thoughts

September 19, 2009 by admin.

Homeschooling while travelling has always been hard for us.  I am not organized when on the road as far as school goes.  I have too many other things to micromanage!!!  haha.  This time it may be different though.  Sarah and Logan are both growing up and getting more mature and responsible. 

Logan’s my hero and protector when it comes to carrying things…’Here Mom, let me get that….urgh.” haha.  He’s my baby boy…whose voice is changing!! Yikes.  I really KNEW the kids would grow up…the girls did.  But my BABY!!!  I’ve had time to get used to Leah being an adult… 

And now, I have noticed a huge change in Sarah.  It’s like it finally clicked.  “I’m not a little girl anymore, and if I ever want to ‘move up’ I’m going to have to do it, and do it right.”  I remember when it happened to Leah, but those two are a study in EXACT OPOSITES…they are exactly the same, but exactly different.  Leah doesn’t like milk, but Sarah would drain the cow.  Leah loves tomatoes, but Sarah would as soon have the measles!  Leah wants to go to bed at nine o’clock, Sarah would stay up until she (1) gets bored (2) gets told to go to bed!  Leah would leave you alone so SHE could be alone, but Sarah loves to pick at you just to make you smile.

But yet, they are so much the same!  Mainly, they both are seeking the Lord’s will in their lives.  Both would be crushed if they thought they hurt their dad or me.  And now, both are goal oriented (Sarah never was before…) Both help me clean house and cook.  Both are SUCH a blessing to me, I could never tell you.  

No one wants to have girls, it seems.  No one wants to have teenagers for that matter.  But I can honestly say that the teen years for my kids have been some of the most enjoyable for me so far.  I have proven that if you train up a child in the way he should go…. I have lived …a wise son maketh a glad father… I have been called blessed!!! 

Nope, I’m not bragging on me…(they aren’t totally raised yet- and I know Satan is watching for a foothold) but I did work really hard …and the LORD has been SO good to us. 

It can happen for you too….don’t give up.  Don’t despair.  Don’t give in to temptation.  Don’t go back to the government school system.  Do pray, do read together, do talk to your children….DO gain their trust. 
Train early…relax later.

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