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Races have been run…
Performances have been given …
Awards have been won …
A collection of treasured art work has gone on display…
So, now it is time for a well earned rest…
A bit of a party…
And lots of fun …
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Oh Yeah? I bet you are the only parent in the land who’s looking at school holidays in that positive way! Most will be pulling their hair out!
I do so hope not, YP. Parents miss so much when they take that attitude.
I just love having the children around me. N. is the only one I haven’t home-educated at all – all the others were with me 24/7 until I became ill and we had to make the decision to send the two younger ones to school. But I miss them terribly. I do have to say ‘though that this small school, with just 42 pupils, is absolutely brilliant and the next best alternative to home-schooling that we could possibly have hoped for. Three of my surviving children have had terrific challenges in their lives and the fact that N. has won the endeavour shield is testimony not only to his own dogged determination but also the committment and dedication of some very wonderful teachers and school aides. A, who won the shield last year, has now moved to secondary school and has shown the same determination in gaining Year 7 pupil of the year award. I’m not only immensely proud of them, but also incredibly humbled by their courage and resilience.
They are so infinately precious, grow up so quickly and every moment with them is to be cherished, as far as I am concerned. None of us ever know what our allotted time on this earth is and people, both large and small, are to be treasured in my book, YP; I’m afraid you may find this blog very dull over the summer if your views differ to this – but I suspect that I’ve gleaned enough about you to know that that isn’t the case. x
Forget your lads, it sounds (genuinely) to me that you deserve to at least be nominated for the Mum of the Year award. Cherishing the moment is so right. Childhood soon evaporates.
That’s very kind of you, YP, but I’m quite sure that there are hundreds more mums who feel as I do. They just don’t blog about it. x
I’m with YP, Elizabeth — you deserve much praise for home-schooling. I could never have done it. Sounds like you have boys to be proud of! Glad you made such a wonderful occasion of it, for them.
I have a blog on quilts coming up shortly – who’d have thought it!
Homeschooling isn’t for everybody, I know, but I loved it – still do for the older ones, ‘though my task is more as enabler than teacher, now. To see your children waking up to the world around them and discovering new things is just so awesome. But we’ve also learned an awful lot by putting the younger ones into the school system and, although we had never envisaged it happening, I think it has been a blessing in disguise. There is a tendency within the homeschooling community to be totally opposed to formalised education and, although we had never really bought intothat, I think it has been healthy for the whole family to experience the other side of things and to realise that there is good and bad to be seen in both ways. This tiny school has been such a blessing in many, many ways and, although I have my reservations about some of the additions to A’s vocabulary in the past year (!), the ethos of the secondary school seems to be very caring and supportive and, so far, we have been impressed with that, too.
That said, I’m blessed with AMAZING boys. We all set out as parents to make the world secure and safe for our little ones and to give them a lovely childhood to look back on. We just don’t factor in the possibility of those childhood worlds being rocked by physical challenges, bereavements, illness and prolonged separations. The boys have been through so much in their young lives and seen sights that I would never have wished upon them in a million years, but they still come out shining and smiling every single time. Yes, I think it helps that M. and I are so committed to each other and to them and, although we have no family support systems, we do have some very special friends, but, I fervently believe that they also have an inner strength and capacity that has very little to do with us.
I’m looking forward to your blog on quilting, Kathy…it sounds intriguing. We may make a quilter of you, yet!! xx