A Little Mid-Morning Musing

"I don't have the time to invest so much into my kids."

So, Mom is in the hospital again. I've spent the last few days between visits with her and working on her home getting it ready for when she returns.

I've struggled with my free time, attempting to smile into each little face and pour into them what they need. I've been working on laughing with them and snatching a few moments with each of them.

All this to say that my house has suffered greatly.

Today I hit a wall.
Today I'm still in bed at 9am.


So, what does all of this sacrifice look like in the long run?

Each of my kids has come into my room to give me love as they see it. One to share a lego creation. One to cuddle. And a 4yo to ask to make my bed. The 14yo is happiest bringing me coffee in bed.

Now they are all in the living room and doing school. I didn't ask them to, they are gathering around books and maps and creating a historical background for a game they are working on. All based on scientific facts. This means that they are pouring over atlases and encyclopedias. They are working on terms like "bi-plane" verses "Piper Cub" and "Where is Africa in relation to England?". They are looking up "Why the cricket shed it's skin", and "How best should we handle the snake?" I hear the 14yo teaching her brothers how important it is that their toy use proper sentence structure.
 All the while, they are using their Legos and Hello Kitty's and Squinkies.

Many people don't feel the importance in training their young kids. I disagree. I've spent years training them to be contributing members to society. We learn together, as we help others, how to love our fellow man.



And, while I may not push one certain curriculum as the end all and be all, my kids are learning to learn.

In the end, when they each spread their wings and fly off into their futures, they will have learned these things:
-to help others in need
-a clean house is never more important than human relations
-Family is sometimes all that you have
-A love of research and learning will get you through any hole in any education
-Walking across a room to speak to a lonely person is worth more than gold.

So, they may not be able to read Latin. They may never understand algebra, but they will be conquerors in life.