One of "those" moments
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I'm just overwhelmed with the wonder of it all today. These
children are so happy and so endlessly curious. My 13yo dd--who
just left school this year and claims she doesn't like to read--
spending an hour poring over an article in the Smithsonian about Ken
Kesey. "Oh, Mom, this is so cool! Have you ever heard of "One Flew
Over the Cuckoo's Nest?" The livingroom floor covered in Star Wars
Legos after my 10yo ds watched the new DVD release with extras. Now
he's doing something with string and a Batman action figure and the
spiral staircase to the basement. Teaching Corrina new guitar
chords. Talking about the History of Rock and Roll video we watched
last week. Beethoven booming on the stereo. Listening to an
audiobook of "Animal Farm" on the way to choir and talking about
communism. Homestar Runner! Baking cookies. "Why is it half white
sugar and half brown sugar? I'm going to try it with all
brown." "OK." "Mom, how to you spell 'undaunted?'" Going to the
gym together and spending an hour without talking--everyone
following his/her own program. Resting together.
This is just the sweetest way to live. It is moment after moment of
pure grace. When I tell people I "homeschool," they give me kind
of a sad, sympathetic look and say how difficult that must be. I
tell them it's the easiest and best part of my life.
Just had to tell someone. Thanks for listening!
Tina
children are so happy and so endlessly curious. My 13yo dd--who
just left school this year and claims she doesn't like to read--
spending an hour poring over an article in the Smithsonian about Ken
Kesey. "Oh, Mom, this is so cool! Have you ever heard of "One Flew
Over the Cuckoo's Nest?" The livingroom floor covered in Star Wars
Legos after my 10yo ds watched the new DVD release with extras. Now
he's doing something with string and a Batman action figure and the
spiral staircase to the basement. Teaching Corrina new guitar
chords. Talking about the History of Rock and Roll video we watched
last week. Beethoven booming on the stereo. Listening to an
audiobook of "Animal Farm" on the way to choir and talking about
communism. Homestar Runner! Baking cookies. "Why is it half white
sugar and half brown sugar? I'm going to try it with all
brown." "OK." "Mom, how to you spell 'undaunted?'" Going to the
gym together and spending an hour without talking--everyone
following his/her own program. Resting together.
This is just the sweetest way to live. It is moment after moment of
pure grace. When I tell people I "homeschool," they give me kind
of a sad, sympathetic look and say how difficult that must be. I
tell them it's the easiest and best part of my life.
Just had to tell someone. Thanks for listening!
Tina
Angela S
I'm just overwhelmed with the wonder of it all today<snip>I
tell them it's the easiest and best part of my life.
Just had to tell someone. Thanks for listening!
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Angela]
That's exactly how I feel almost all the time. We are SO lucky to have
discovered this lifestyle and to have settled into it comfortably without
all the worries that many homeschoolers have. (are they keeping up with
their peers?) It just feels so right and good. I used to shout it from the
roof tops, but no one understood what I was shouting about. ;0) We just
happily go along every day and it feels so right and good. The parenting
changes that I've made after reading on these lists have made our
unschooling lives twice as sweet too. I am so thankful to all the people
who participate here and on other unschooling lists. Life is good!
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tell them it's the easiest and best part of my life.
Just had to tell someone. Thanks for listening!
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Angela]
That's exactly how I feel almost all the time. We are SO lucky to have
discovered this lifestyle and to have settled into it comfortably without
all the worries that many homeschoolers have. (are they keeping up with
their peers?) It just feels so right and good. I used to shout it from the
roof tops, but no one understood what I was shouting about. ;0) We just
happily go along every day and it feels so right and good. The parenting
changes that I've made after reading on these lists have made our
unschooling lives twice as sweet too. I am so thankful to all the people
who participate here and on other unschooling lists. Life is good!
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