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In a message dated 4/17/03 5:22:05 PM Central Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:

<< It has taken a lot to change those reflexive behaviors, and a lot to admit
some of it on an email list. But if it can help break the cycle for someone
else or show how much a simple homeschooling method can change lives, I have
nothing to hide. >>

I think your story was very inspirational. You're brave to share and I
commend you for the difficult changes you're trying to make. And for your dh
for understanding and trying to change too!!
I know how terribly hard it is to undo. I've regretted every time I've lost
my temper and I STILL fight the urge to swat a child into submission.
Sometimes the head knows things that haven't sunk deep into the heart yet.
Anger from childhood still haunts me and rears it's ugly head at the damndest
times.
Hang in there, you're doing great.

Ren
"The sun is shining--the sun is shining. That is the magic. The flowers are
growing--the roots are stirring. That is the magic. Being alive is the
magic--being strong is the magic The magic is in me--the magic is in
me....It's in every one of us."

----Frances Hodgson Burnett