So, we have been homeschooling for one day this year. ONE day!! And I need to change my carefully laid out schedule. I spent hours on this schedule. Color coordinating pen colors, different font (and it is handwritten!!) for each day, every hour of everyday scheduled. Hours and hours of work. And I need to change it. *Sigh.* It isn't working. There is TOO much scheduled and not enough cushion for spontaneous activities. For example, yesterday we learned that the unit of measurement that people use to measure the height of a horse is called a "hand". The kids loved that. They got out their rulers and wanted to measure everything and see how many "hands" the objects measured. I didn't have time to let them. I had to move onto the next subject. No cushion.
Why do I homeschool???? Isn't it so that I can take these little side trails and measure everything in "hands" because it fascinates my kids and they are excited to learn about it?? Don't get me wrong, the book work is very important too but what keeps us coming back is those little unexpected gems that fascinate us and MAKE us want to learn more. If I don't allow for those gems (side trails) then school will be miserable for all!!! Through this trial I have learned an important gem myself. Life is messy. It is not color coded and fits in a nice little box. I need room to grow. Cushion if you will. God is continuously stretching me and growing me so that I can learn. I can either fight and try to stay within my neat little schedule or I can relax and go along for the ride. I can guarantee that if I relax then I will enjoy all the treasures that the Lord has in store for me and I will learn more than I even thought was possible!
Now I need to go and reconfigure my schedule to allow for those unexpected twists, turns, and gems and maybe, just maybe it will work better this time. Maybe...
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