February is often a difficult month for homeschooling because the weather here in Kansas can be VERY cold and being trapped indoors for days on end with children who are young and active can be trying.
However, June has its own difficulties. First, I'm from northern California and after all these years I'm still not used to the heat & humidity combo aka the Heat Index. Let's just say that the explanation is available here and it's a very unpleasant experience. But I do have air conditioning and that makes it bearable.
The really hard part of June comes after the homeschool conference when I'm shelving the new books and packing away the ones from the year we just finished. I look at each book I'm packing away and think to myself about all the unfinished work in that book. It has the potential to be an unbearably depressing moment, but I remind myself that we're not finished and since I put each year in God's hands then I know we've covered what's really important. I also take a few minutes to pray that this coming year God will show us what we lack and where we need to go so that our short-term goals will mesh with our longer, eternal ones. Then, I put the books away and the old year away with them.
Unless I have PMS, then I just dissolve into a puddle of tears.
1 comment:
ah, yes, those long-term goals. i just redid our bookshelves (okay, the top one, anyway) and see how many books we have that we have not used or barely used and i VOW to use them. i have to make a plan to break up a big book like apologia science into weeks so i can see the light at the end of the tunnel of 2013. know that MANY are in the same boat with you and thankfully we have God to help us out!!!!!!!!! When will i see you again?!
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