Mystery Diagnosis & HomeSchooling 101

I'm back...sooner than I thought, I realized I have more thoughts in my head than I knew, go figure.

There has been a "Mystery Illness" affecting my daughter, and I am right behind her in symptoms, let me explain... the months she has been sick-3,  the number of Doctors she has seen-3, the rounds of antibiotics she has taken-2,  the number of Monospot blood tests taken (both negative)-2,  the number of hours she sleeps a day-16...comforting my daughter when she is sick...PRICELESS. This final round of antibiotics we hope will do the trick, but knowing what is wrong with her would be great.

So in  my last post I said my life had shifted in the last while, that is because I am doing something that I never thought I would ever be doing...I am a HomeSchooling mom, I know right, crazy. But when it comes to our kids we find ourselves often doing things that we never thought we would do before, like Homeschooling. I am homeschooling grade 9, the reason I am is not important, remember, I hate gossip!  I have her enrolled at Heritage Christian Online School  http://www.onlineschool.ca/   it is a wonderful school with great supports, and for someone like me who knows nothing about homeschooling they have been very helpful showing me how to get the lessons taught. I am even learning a lot in the process... I am learning about Henry the VIII and The Renaissance and The English Civil War, I know they didn't teach that when I was in grade 9, or did they? hmmm.

If I could do it all over again I would home school my kids right away from grade 1, I am learning that everything is a teaching moment as a parent, and its not just the schools responsibility to educate our kids. You know how God turns all things into good for those that love him? The circumstances that led up to all of this has brought me to my knees, figuratively and literally. But once again God is showing me how to be obedient and to just have FAITH. He knows what is in store for all our lives, even before we were born..WOW. Unfortunately there are life lessons that we must learn, sometimes the hard way, both for me and my daughter. But in the meantime I am enjoying the daily company of my grade 9er and am thrilled to be able to teach her (she may have a totally different opinion this by the way) but she is a great kid.


Instead of a Bible verse, here's something to just make you laugh:

I went to pick up Isaiah at Cadets at church last week, he takes along a Bible and his badge book which I have put in a reusable shopping bag that I once used for work. When I went to his class room at church to pick him up, I see him waving something small and white around..NO, it isnt, it cant be, yes it is... I open the door and he yells, "Mom., whats this doing in my bag?" Yes, he had a feminine hygiene product in his hand and was waving it around for all to see and kept repeating it despite me telling him "shush", luckily the other Cadets were not paying attention to this but the councelor was, and I was beat red.

So this is my "new" life right now, its a process, and I hope you will pray with me for my daughter that she grasps homeschooling and is able to learn, and that I have the wisdom to teach her. In your prayers also please remember my friend Helen as she fights cancer.

Have a wonderful week my friends :)