Re: [Unschooling-Discussion] Re: Introducing The Rall Family
[email protected]
Julie this is SWEET!
<< One summer I was with my grandparents and they bought me a
craft project. That night I lay in bed terrorized by the prospect of
failure again. I couldn't sleep and got up to tell my grandparents
that I felt guilty for buying a craft I might never complete. It was
after 11 p.m. My grandfather got out of bed and said, "Let's
complete it right now." I was shocked! He said, "This is important
to you and I've got the time to help." We worked on it for several
hours into the night and I kept that little project for years as a
reminder that with help, I could complete projects. I was cured. >>
HOW wonderful.
I've gotten up at night sometimes when a kid needed something, but never that
wonderfully.
I happened to be up the other night because I couldn't sleep, and Marty had
cramps in his leg in his sleep and wasn't waking up, so I woke him up because
he was whimpering and twitching, and helped him stretch his leg. I was REALLY
glad, then, that I had been up at 4:00 a.m. Before that it seemed dumb and
wrong to be up, but sometimes up is better whether we know it or not.
Sandra
<< One summer I was with my grandparents and they bought me a
craft project. That night I lay in bed terrorized by the prospect of
failure again. I couldn't sleep and got up to tell my grandparents
that I felt guilty for buying a craft I might never complete. It was
after 11 p.m. My grandfather got out of bed and said, "Let's
complete it right now." I was shocked! He said, "This is important
to you and I've got the time to help." We worked on it for several
hours into the night and I kept that little project for years as a
reminder that with help, I could complete projects. I was cured. >>
HOW wonderful.
I've gotten up at night sometimes when a kid needed something, but never that
wonderfully.
I happened to be up the other night because I couldn't sleep, and Marty had
cramps in his leg in his sleep and wasn't waking up, so I woke him up because
he was whimpering and twitching, and helped him stretch his leg. I was REALLY
glad, then, that I had been up at 4:00 a.m. Before that it seemed dumb and
wrong to be up, but sometimes up is better whether we know it or not.
Sandra
Michelle~ms65442
Your Grandpa sounds like quite a guy. This story reminds me a bit of my
dad, who always had the knack for just *knowing* what was important to
me and how to fix it. Sometimes he’d tell a story from his childhood,
sometimes he’d make a simple suggestion, sometimes he’d leave me alone
to work through it myself, and sometimes he’d walk me through it step by
step. But he was always there, in the background, and it’s from him I
learned how to ask for help without shame or embarrassment.
Thanks for your story Julie, it brought tears to my eyes and warm
fuzzies all over.
Michelle, SF Bay Area
Mommy to the bright-eyed Rory Daniel, 5.3.02
-----Original Message-----
From: Julie Bogart [mailto:julie@...]
Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 3:52 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Unschooling-Discussion] Re: Introducing The Rall Family
<< I couldn't sleep and got up to tell my grandparents
that I felt guilty for buying a craft I might never complete. It was
after 11 p.m. My grandfather got out of bed and said, "Let's
complete it right now." I was shocked! He said, "This is important
to you and I've got the time to help." We worked on it for several
hours into the night and I kept that little project for years as a
reminder that with help, I could complete projects. Iw as cured.>>
dad, who always had the knack for just *knowing* what was important to
me and how to fix it. Sometimes he’d tell a story from his childhood,
sometimes he’d make a simple suggestion, sometimes he’d leave me alone
to work through it myself, and sometimes he’d walk me through it step by
step. But he was always there, in the background, and it’s from him I
learned how to ask for help without shame or embarrassment.
Thanks for your story Julie, it brought tears to my eyes and warm
fuzzies all over.
Michelle, SF Bay Area
Mommy to the bright-eyed Rory Daniel, 5.3.02
-----Original Message-----
From: Julie Bogart [mailto:julie@...]
Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 3:52 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Unschooling-Discussion] Re: Introducing The Rall Family
<< I couldn't sleep and got up to tell my grandparents
that I felt guilty for buying a craft I might never complete. It was
after 11 p.m. My grandfather got out of bed and said, "Let's
complete it right now." I was shocked! He said, "This is important
to you and I've got the time to help." We worked on it for several
hours into the night and I kept that little project for years as a
reminder that with help, I could complete projects. Iw as cured.>>