Learning to Fly

• Tuesday, November 4, 2008 -
"Why" Entry 2

They are gifts. My children are gifts to my husband and me. Not only is the Bible very clear on that, but our experience bears it out as well.

Why would I give them away?

Why would I send them away from me, to sit at the feet of someone else to be discipled, influenced, changed?

Why would I give away their daily best hours of energy, enthusiasm, joy, fun, to someone else so that I can be left with the dregs?

Why would I give away the joy of seeing my child change from pre-operational to operational in math; watching as reading "clicks" for her; sitting shoulder to shoulder as she finally gets her hands to do what she wants them to do; hearing her excitement as mysteries of the world open up to her?

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

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• Tuesday, September 16, 2008 -
"Why" Entry 1

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These reasons are in no particular order as to priority, but I'll start with an easy one. Peanut allergy. When my oldest was diagnosed with peanut allergy at age 15 months, it was such a nightmare. For years, touching or even smelling peanuts could cause a reaction. Taking her out of the house was sometimes dangerous. Putting her in a classroom situation was not an option for her. The stress of worrying about the next exposure would have been bad for the emotional and physical health of my daughter and our family.

Now, she is better. Her allergies have improved, and now touch and smell of peanut products do not affect her. She can even ingest as much as 1/8 (yes, that's one eighth) teaspoon with only a mild reaction. However, peanut allergy reaction seems to be fluid, meaning that the severity ebbs and flows.

She still carries an epi-pen with her when we leave the house.

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• Tuesday, September 16, 2008 -
Why We Homeschool

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Well, why do we? That subject does come up once in a while. I decided to blog about the various reasons we homeschool. There are many, and I won't likely go into them all, but I'll try to cover most of the reasons - our family's reasons, anyway. So many other families have many other reasons.

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