Homeschool Campfire

I just had the strangest thing happen with my daughter tonight.  But at the same time, it was extremely insightful!  She placed two drawings she had made earlier that night onto our pillows.  She chuckled as I walked into my bedroom and found the pictures.

As I read the inscriptions, I was immediately intrigued.  She had written good-bye on both of them.  When I asked her about them, she remarked, “That’s in case you die tonight.  I wanted to make sure I said good-bye.”  After I got over my laugh and saw her tears, I realized she was being serious.  We have told our children often that we are not promised tomorrow.  She really wanted to make sure we knew she loved us.  It really meant a lot to her.  Out of the mouth of babes!!!  Have you told all your loved ones how you feel?  You are not promised tomorrow.  Do not wait!  If you can’t speak the words, take a lesson from my daughter and make a card.  May God Bless you All!

Hi Everyone!  Feel free to comment!  I would love to hear from you! I was reading my sister-in-love’s blog this morning only to remember something that happened to me in September that I wanted to share with you all.

I was having one of my days!  Everything seemed to be going wrong!  The kids and I had a field trip planned to Cypress Gardens.  It was about 45 minutes from our house.  We barely made it out of the house and it seemed that every traffic light stopped my along the way.  We were running about 15 minutes late.  I wanted to call the field trip coordinator only to realize that I did not have her number.  That knowledge did not sink in until we were about 5 miles from our destination.  Then it hit me.  The reason I did not have her number, was I had forgotten my purse.  Now what was I going to do?  I explained the situation to the children with the expectation of meeting some resistance only to be blessed!  In the midst of my apologizing to the children because it looked like they were going to miss out on this field trip, Andrew turned to me and said, “It’s okay Mom.  God’s what’s the most important, not this field trip!”  I was humbled and no longer felt the stress of the morning on my shoulders.  We were blessed again when the attendant let me call my husband and pay to enter into the gardens by credit card.  Needless to say, we had a great time!  How much easier would our lives be if we kept our eyes on God?  When you feel the stress of homeschooling or from just being a mom, keep Andrew’s words in your ear, “It’s okay.  God’s what’s the most important!  Amen!