Yesterday morning I woke up and told God I was not ready for another day of homeschooling the kids. I had lost my inspiration and drive. I did manage to write up a schedule on the board the night before, but I still had to ask God for His help to get me through the day. When I walked into the office, I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Both my kids were doing their school work. Josh had already read from his book out-loud to Hannah, he was working on his handwriting, Hannah was reading her book, and she also did her handwriting. While I was making breakfast, they did their piano practice. Then as I was having my coffee, I gave them their spelling tests, math and english tests. By 11:00am we were done with school!! We all rejoiced! What a gift that was from the Lord.
We celebrated by going to the skate park for an hour. The kids had the park to themselves and Josh taught Hannah a few tricks. They wanted me to try the ramps that were easy for them to do. I got on Hannah's skooter and almost crashed right on my rear end a few times. I couldn't believe how hard those "easy" ramps were. I think my failures inspired Hannah to step out and risk a little bit more since it wasn't her favorite sport to do. ; )
We then had a play day with some public school friends at the park. It was great to see them again. During that time I was on facebook and saw Natalie Grant was offering free tickets to her concert "Dare To Be" to the first 10 people who emailed her. On a whim I emailed her and she actually put two aside for Hannah and I. So, we had a spontaneous mother/daughter date in Sacramento last night! It was wonderful!! Unfortunately, Hannah got car sick and had an accident on the way home. Poor thing. She felt horrible. I told her it wasn't her fault; we cleaned it up at a gas station on the side of the road. I was so thankful that God was watching out for us.
Now I am catching up on Women's Ministry stuff and Music Ministry stuff. = ) Life really is about the journey and not so much about the destination. Or, as I learned from Charlotte Gambill's message; it's how we handle the "middle" part of our lives that will make the biggest impact when we reach the end.
