A Timely Unschooling Moment
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This morning when I got out of bed, much later than usual, I was cranky. I
felt out of sync because of sleeping in and got busy with all the things I
had to do. Found my very pregnant neighbor is on bed rest to get to 36 weeks
without having baby first, and needed to make her some supper, have a grumpy
20month old , dirty dishes, dirty house, wanted desparately to have a shower,
the phone kept ringing. Needed to get supper for my husband to take to work
on his afternoon shift, etc etc. Overwhelmed I guess. My poor 7 year old was
full of ideas for things for us to do, and I couldn't do them cause I was so
busy. No time for that stuff!!
I finally got the cooking over with, had a shower, even got dressed. Did I
mention that the "Lovely" in-laws dropped by with their "delightful"
pomeranian to pick up some of my horse manure for their plants, looked
horrified with my daughter in nothing but her diaper(her choice, not mine)
and left.(Yaay)
When everything that could be done was done and my husband left for work, I
asked my son if he wanted to go down the road to the regional park at the
river. We decided to do this. How perfect!!! No one else was at the place,
and we walked to the river's edge and threw rocks and sticks. We listened to
the birds, the wind, the water. My daughter walked in the water with her
shoes on. At first I tried to stop her, but, wise child that she is , she
ignored me. She simply continued to delight in the rocks, water, wind, sticks
and birds. My son enjoyed the sound of a stick whipping in the air, water,
dirt. We found rocks with cracks, stripes, colors. The same stick formation
his dear friend built last year was still there. We talked about the friend,
who has since moved. We looked at the swimming hole, saw minnows, deer poop,
compared it with the moose poop.
A magical afternoon right when a tired frazzled mom needed it. Again and
again my kids can catch me when I am falling, and help me see the wonder of
the small things.I feel so blessed to have this time with them, and to have
their help in preserving my sense of awe at the world.
This list has done this for me as well. I don't often post because so many
times people have already said what I wanted to say, only better. Keep it
coming everyone, don't hold back. This is what is changing my life, the
support and discussion I read every day.
Nancy, much more relaxed in BC
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felt out of sync because of sleeping in and got busy with all the things I
had to do. Found my very pregnant neighbor is on bed rest to get to 36 weeks
without having baby first, and needed to make her some supper, have a grumpy
20month old , dirty dishes, dirty house, wanted desparately to have a shower,
the phone kept ringing. Needed to get supper for my husband to take to work
on his afternoon shift, etc etc. Overwhelmed I guess. My poor 7 year old was
full of ideas for things for us to do, and I couldn't do them cause I was so
busy. No time for that stuff!!
I finally got the cooking over with, had a shower, even got dressed. Did I
mention that the "Lovely" in-laws dropped by with their "delightful"
pomeranian to pick up some of my horse manure for their plants, looked
horrified with my daughter in nothing but her diaper(her choice, not mine)
and left.(Yaay)
When everything that could be done was done and my husband left for work, I
asked my son if he wanted to go down the road to the regional park at the
river. We decided to do this. How perfect!!! No one else was at the place,
and we walked to the river's edge and threw rocks and sticks. We listened to
the birds, the wind, the water. My daughter walked in the water with her
shoes on. At first I tried to stop her, but, wise child that she is , she
ignored me. She simply continued to delight in the rocks, water, wind, sticks
and birds. My son enjoyed the sound of a stick whipping in the air, water,
dirt. We found rocks with cracks, stripes, colors. The same stick formation
his dear friend built last year was still there. We talked about the friend,
who has since moved. We looked at the swimming hole, saw minnows, deer poop,
compared it with the moose poop.
A magical afternoon right when a tired frazzled mom needed it. Again and
again my kids can catch me when I am falling, and help me see the wonder of
the small things.I feel so blessed to have this time with them, and to have
their help in preserving my sense of awe at the world.
This list has done this for me as well. I don't often post because so many
times people have already said what I wanted to say, only better. Keep it
coming everyone, don't hold back. This is what is changing my life, the
support and discussion I read every day.
Nancy, much more relaxed in BC
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coyote's corner
Thanks so much for sharing this! It serves to prove that our children are so incredibly wondrous and spectacular!
Janis
Janis
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From: LOWRIEK@...
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 3:08 AM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] A Timely Unschooling Moment
This morning when I got out of bed, much later than usual, I was cranky. I
felt out of sync because of sleeping in and got busy with all the things I
had to do. Found my very pregnant neighbor is on bed rest to get to 36 weeks
without having baby first, and needed to make her some supper, have a grumpy
20month old , dirty dishes, dirty house, wanted desparately to have a shower,
the phone kept ringing. Needed to get supper for my husband to take to work
on his afternoon shift, etc etc. Overwhelmed I guess. My poor 7 year old was
full of ideas for things for us to do, and I couldn't do them cause I was so
busy. No time for that stuff!!
I finally got the cooking over with, had a shower, even got dressed. Did I
mention that the "Lovely" in-laws dropped by with their "delightful"
pomeranian to pick up some of my horse manure for their plants, looked
horrified with my daughter in nothing but her diaper(her choice, not mine)
and left.(Yaay)
When everything that could be done was done and my husband left for work, I
asked my son if he wanted to go down the road to the regional park at the
river. We decided to do this. How perfect!!! No one else was at the place,
and we walked to the river's edge and threw rocks and sticks. We listened to
the birds, the wind, the water. My daughter walked in the water with her
shoes on. At first I tried to stop her, but, wise child that she is , she
ignored me. She simply continued to delight in the rocks, water, wind, sticks
and birds. My son enjoyed the sound of a stick whipping in the air, water,
dirt. We found rocks with cracks, stripes, colors. The same stick formation
his dear friend built last year was still there. We talked about the friend,
who has since moved. We looked at the swimming hole, saw minnows, deer poop,
compared it with the moose poop.
A magical afternoon right when a tired frazzled mom needed it. Again and
again my kids can catch me when I am falling, and help me see the wonder of
the small things.I feel so blessed to have this time with them, and to have
their help in preserving my sense of awe at the world.
This list has done this for me as well. I don't often post because so many
times people have already said what I wanted to say, only better. Keep it
coming everyone, don't hold back. This is what is changing my life, the
support and discussion I read every day.
Nancy, much more relaxed in BC
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In a message dated 5/16/2003 3:49:05 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
LOWRIEK@... writes:
Thanks for sharing your afternoon.
glena
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LOWRIEK@... writes:
> A magical afternoon right when a tired frazzled mom needed it. Again andSounds like a beautiful magical day! It made me smile just to read it!
> again my kids can catch me when I am falling, and help me see the wonder of
>
> the small things.I feel so blessed to have this time with them, and to have
>
> their help in preserving my sense of awe at the world.
> This list has done this for me as well. I don't often post because so many
> times people have already said what I wanted to say, only better. Keep it
> coming everyone, don't hold back. This is what is changing my life, the
> support and discussion I read every day.
>
Thanks for sharing your afternoon.
glena
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