It’s Friday night. We’ve had a good week here in Sinton. As far as our schooling goes, we were able to complete everything on our schedule. We had no disruptions or distractions. We moved steadily through each day without feeling rushed or bored. Progress was made in every subject we studied. It’s been a good week.
Not all weeks have run so smoothly. In fact, for the past 3 weeks, we’ve been doing our best just to get the basics done. Our schedule has been interrupted with one activity after another: the events surrounding a gospel meeting, the birth of a precious grandson, field trips. All of these are good things. All of these are life events that can’t be scheduled and must be tended to, but they tend to interfere with our home schooling.
My home school friends are probably thinking right about now that these life events are as much a part of educating our children as studying the math textbook. My public school friends are probably thinking right about now that if the boys were in public school these activities could be tended to and their education would go on unhindered. Well, both of them are right. So much of what went on would have been easier if I could have dropped the boys off at school and let someone else teach them the academics. At the same time, the many things the boys learned from spontaneous conversations they had with various wise men/women from our congregation during the meeting will stay with them forever. The experience of spending the night in the waiting room as the family eagerly awaited the birth of their new nephew taught them the importance of family, life and even some new biological information they had not known before. The field trips were time consuming but beneficial not only for the information they received but in socializing with other kids of all ages as well as with the adults on the field trip and those at the field trip location.
So why am I writing about this? It is good for me and I assume for others also to take stock of how we spend our time and be certain that we are prioritizing properly. Interruptions of our schedules can be frustrating but the experiences gained from the interruptions are profitable. On the other hand, a normal week where everything goes as planned is priceless.
