I have kept a journal since I was a young girl. As a child, it was my way of venting. After I married Chris, I got rid of all those old journals. I decided my journal should be a way to record everything good in our lives. I've done a decent job of keeping a journal over the last 15 years - until January of 2010. The last two years have been rough on many levels. I've had a hard time seeing the sun through the clouds and my journal reflects that by having very few entries. It fills me with guilt all the wonderful moments with my boys I never recorded and have already forgotten. We can't change the past and as our pastor says: "all we can do the next right thing".
This last week hasn't been any easier, new challenges pop up and life is still tough. But if I keep waiting for life to improve, I'm going to keep missing the rays of sunshine that make rainbows in the clouds. From now on, I'm going to do things differently. I'm going to use my nice new hot pink iPhone to capture those special moments so I'll have them to write down later. My blog is going to change from a homeschooling resource, to a journal of my family's adventures through life. And I can post lots of pictures. Yay! "They" say a picture is worth a thousand words, but sometimes no words can do justice to what happens in the lives of my boys.
I want to change how we live life in order to increase the chances of having more happy moments to record. I will change homeschooling to being just one part of our life, not it's main focus. To do this, I plan to continue our gravitation towards a more Charlotte Mason approach to homeschooling. I am going to plan more field trips and have the boys experience what they have learned.
I want to bring FUN back into our daily lives and enjoy the simple moments to play when the moment strikes us. I've done more of this lately and I already see a difference in the boys. Finally, I plan to remove the burdens we have inflicted on our lives. My next entry starts this journey and I will include a little catch-up on the highlights of 2011. Stay tuned!
Wonderful! I use our facebook account to record those fun moments with the kids, which, in turn, shares them with Gary when he's away.
ReplyDeleteOn another note, I really flubbed up as a Mom yesterday and am having to make a fresh start (relying on God's grace and power to cover my mistakes). I have been really discouraged, too. But there's just not really anyone to share that with...
Let me know how Charlotte Mason goes. I would love to know more details about how you do it. When I search it out myself, I feel overwhelmed... Looking forward to seeing how you do it!
Thanks once again for being real!!