Dear Friend,
Today, thanks to help from MIL & Husband, I got the piles of clothes packed into our storage room cleaned out. Half a van-load taken to Share & Care. I'm now down to 1 box of baby clothes, 1 box-girl, 1 box-boy, 1 box-jammies, and 1 basket-coats. Saving clothes for children spread out by 4 years -each- takes LOTS of room. Decided it was unnecessary and overwhelming. So just keeping the nicer, less-replaceable things now. Whew!!! What a wonderful relief to have that job done.
Trying hard to settle more into calling myself a Weaver. I love the curriculum --well, the idea of it anyway. Several times over the last two years since purchasing it, I get all determined to just go to it, by-the-book. Then, right at the point of beginning, I get all kinds of ideas for "improving" it. First, it was wanting to start at the beginning, with "Creation". The further I went trying to develop my own thing, the more I relied on Considering God's Creation, till I was mostly following it. Fine, but what about Weaver? Then prepared to go to it again and got all kinds of ideas for rearranging the topics. Took so much time, I lost track and did other things to sort of fill in the blank. Now about two-three weeks ago, I again felt convicted to get going on what God had led me to do (Weaver). Sat down to prepare and thought --hmmm, here we are 4-ish weeks away from Easter. What better time to do the month-long study on the life of Christ that I had previously planned to throw in throughout the year (in an effort not to spend all our time in the Old Testament). It follows the Weaver pattern using a Bible lesson to launch into Social Studies, Science, etc. My theme will be "Heroes", looking at who's the greatest Hero, examples of godly and worldly heroes, and how we can be true heroes. I think it will be tons of fun, very educational & enjoyable, and a timely preparation for Easter as we build toward Christ' death and resurrection. My only hesitation --it's not technically following Weaver!! When, oh when, will I be able to just open a curriculum and do it?!?
I've been thinking of you and praying for you. How are you?? Wish I could just run next door and say hi!!! Oh, what a beautiful dream that would be!
Love you, my friend.
I have just been contemplating not saving too big clothes anymore. I figure with clearance and garage sales, I can buy for the size they are in and empty out 2 closets worth of clothes from our small home. So this was a great thing to read. There has been more sun here and I can fill a lift. Also, we are going to be leaving our unhealthy church in the next week and I think that will make a monumental difference. Curriculum- just this week I read through Ruth Beechick,s 3 little books on writing, language arts and math. I have decided not to purchase any more curriculum until at least 4th grade as everything we need is at home and in the library. (we will buy math u see) I buy these curriculum and then become a slave to them. And I'm quick to get overwhelmed and give up. Today I heard from a friend about a 2nd grader who have 5 6th graders gang up on him in the bathroom at his elementary school...knock him to the ground, and one child peed on him. He went to tell a grown up who sent him to the office...the office sent him back to class. Curriculum all of the sudden seems insignificant to me. We will read well, write well, reason well, love well and serve well. I am going to listen to the Lord and trust him to fill in the gaps. Any good insights on how to gracefully leave our church? Thank you for the gift of this blog. I love you.
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