The ups and downs...
A few weeks ago, I was listening to a mom telling me that she was in a place where she was really enjoying homeschooling and feeling good about being a mom. She was in one of those places I've been before--savoring a moment of peace and contentment that you're doing what God wants you to and that things are working! I remember the first time I had that feeling. I think it was after the end of my oldest daughter's second grade year. The feeling lasted for a month or so. Since then, I've had times when I've felt that peace about parenting and school. Sometimes that peace lasted minutes, sometimes hours, days, weeks, or months. But, I have learned that it comes and goes. Having it is a blessing--a time of rest. When it is absent though, I have learned that it doesn't mean things are wrong, instead, it usually means one of two things for me... 1. It's time to step back and evaluate. What's working, what's not. and 2. ...