kgutty67

I wrote a little while ago about concerns I had for my 12yo daughter.
I was going through a 'doubting' stage and I was probably just looking
for reassurance.

Since my post I have not had the time, energy or inclination to
conciously strew. (My father had a stroke and I've just returned from
visiting him) But this morning I was quietly excited. My daughter saw
me doing my journal, and has since started her own, importing art and
photos into it. I didn't suggest it, she just showed interest. She's
cooking right now, because she wanted to. She was playing PS1 earlier
and also reading the on-line newsletter from the diet network she
follows. She wrote up the shopping list of the items she needs for
her special meals, and checked the 'friendly' toiletries that she will
try out. Beth has been memorizing tunes on the keyboard and checking
with the music books we have on the shelf. On and on it goes. And I
thought she had no interests... I'm a bit slow:)

So thanks for the words of encouragement and admonishment.

Sandra Dodd

On Jan 29, 2006, at 11:03 PM, kgutty67 wrote:

> (My father had a stroke and I've just returned from
> visiting him) But this morning I was quietly excited.


I'm sorry to hear about your dad, but your daughter's day sounds
wonderful!

When people worry about many days running of "nothing" (no impressing
learning stories), I try to remind them that there are generally 180
school days and 185 "other." Sometimes unschoolers worry if they
don't have 365 big days. When I was in school (and I liked school)
I had maybe five or six big days a year, meaning days worth telling
my mom about when I got home, days I would thing back upon wistfully
when I was two or three days into dull nothingness schooldays. <G>
Sometimes there was a really good schoolday. In all the years I went
to school, it probably didn't break 100. (I had more than 100 really
good school moments. <g> Many thousands. And thousands that sucked.)

Sandra