You might be a boy mom if your son shoves a red Lego up his nose in the Chick Filet drive thru. I was in my own little world ordering a large Dr Pepper and a chocolate milk when Jackson started crying and acting hysterical. Buddy, what's wrong? Maybe he wanted fries, too? I knew he was exhausted. He'd been wide awake since 3 a.m. (thanks ADHD!) Through his tears I heard him say, Red Lego in my nose. And I sort of panicked. There I was stuck between a billion cars with no way Continue Reading
When It Gets Hard, Pray for Love
It dawned on me the other day that the most important thing I can do as we transition into this new season of homeschooling is pray. I tend to run ahead without checking in with God. I start adding teaching supplies to my Amazon cart. I begin worrying about how I'll ever teach Jackson Algebra. Um, hello! He's six! I start thinking about the huge responsibility I have to educate my son and it freaks me out. Even though I have complete peace about our decision, I know it's going to Continue Reading
Five Minute Friday {Provide}
We made it to Friday of our first week of homeschool! Two things: I still have complete peace about our decision I’m still scared to death I’m gonna screw up my son’s education. But here’s what I know to the bottom of my toes: God will provide every thing I need for the quest ahead. And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. (Phil. 4:19) He will provide the patience I need when the ADHD is at an all time high. He will Continue Reading
Gratitude, Grief and Giving It All To God
There are two important lessons I've learned on the special needs journey. Lesson # 1 Grief is not a one time thing. The past week has been a mixture of grief and gratitude. I've once again had to grieve the way I thought things would be. I thought Jackson would go to Kindergarten. I hoped so desperately he would have his own set of amazing memories - similar to my own - from his Kindergarten year. I thought I would be a room mom and a member of the PTA. I thought we'd find a way to Continue Reading
Homeschool, Hope and Hard Decisions
Today is the first day of a new journey - or maybe I'll refer to it as a quest - since we're desperately searching for the best way to educate our son. Today I become Jackson's teacher. Today we embark on a full-time homeschooling quest. A thousand moments, many tears and pleading prayers led to this decision. Beth Moore says, You can't have a quest without questions. Quests have hardships and lifelong obedience. A quest has risks. Yes. Yes. Yes. The Call to Homeschool Last Continue Reading