Life lessons

There are so many life lessons that we must teach our children, and sometimes we have to take advantage of not so nice situations to do this. It is unfortunate that people we trust the most and that we look to for spiritual guidance dont always live up to our expectations  Even though we try to protect and love our children the best we can, sometimes things still happen that you dont even see coming. But the way you handle it shows true character. I choose to pray for those who do wrong and who do not take ownership for their wrongs, and I will forgive because that is what Jesus would want me to do. Children learn by your actions, they will mimic their parents, thats why they say actions speak louder than words. For instance if you child see's that you dont associate with hispanic or blacks, chances are they are going to grow up and not associate with hispanics or blacks.  I keep telling myself that one of the most important things I want to do is find a church for my family to attend, I am not sure what is holding me back, but there is def. something that is, a couple of my children do not feel comfortable in church and I am not quite sure why, in light of some recent happenings I think I may have some insight though. And it saddens me very much, because I have fealt the same way my whole life, and I never wanted any of my children to have to deal with something like this.  You know some people will make comments about people who "dont" attend church on a regular basis without having all the information. So next time you think you may slip up and do something like that first ask yourself why this person may have a issue????  I think when you trust someone so completely with your most important possession (your spirituality) and they let you down it really does something to you Psychologically. The one person however who will never let you down is the Lord, and whether in church or not I worship him everyday, he is forever in my mind, heart and soul! And I hope that is one Life Lesson I can teach my children!!!

So we are well into our schoolyear now and things seem to be going well, Aiden is now doing some Alegebra and Multiplcation and doing wonderful. The girls are flying through their Lifepacs wonderfully, and Dalton is making great strides in the right direction.  McKenzie is amazing us everyday, I have to admit that when she went away to the academy I really didnt expect her to continue to make the grades that she has alway made, but she never ceases to amaze us. She has definitely proven me wrong. So I have learned alot over the last few months and I am soo ready to make some changes in the kids curriculum. I am looking to add Spanish to Hunter and Avery's Curriculums, and Animal Science to Hunters. Also I would like to do some Art and Music appreciation with Aiden and Avery. With Dalton  I am planning to do some Business and Personal Law and Finance as well as possibly sign him up for a class or two at Ivy Tech for dual credit. And in the next couple of years I would like fo r him to start attending the career center for some hands on instruction.  In March we should be able to join the GLHEA COOP and they offer Drama, Orchestra, Sports etc so that should be pretty fun. Along with 4-h and Motocross this should keep us pretty busy. Hopefully at some point we can get something more formal set up around here than just using the kitchen table for schoolwork. It kind of makes it hard to concentrate with 4 kids trying to work at once. And I dont like the idea of kids in different rooms. Only a few weeks until my new horse will be here, I have been waiting for almost a year for this day to come, I am sooo excited, I hope everything goes as planned I remember my pony as a kid she brought me such joy, and I see my girls with their horses and how much they love them, I cant wait to form that special bond with her. Sometimes when you have a bad day or noone understands what you are going through it takes a horse to make you feel better, I know that sounds funny to some people but if you have ever loved a horse and had one love you back you know what I am taling about.

WAITING

They say good things come to those who wait.  Well I would like to officially go on record as saying I am still waiting. This last year has been very difficult in all areas of life. I keep thinking when I wake up tomorrow things are going to be better, but low and behold when tomorrow comes its the same ole thing.  Depression is a nasty disease, it consumes all realms of your life, it reaks havoc not only on you but your family. But since you cant see this problem people dont understand it, and they just think you can choose to get better. Thank Goodness for my kids, I dont know how I would get through my day to day life without them.  They say the Lord helps them who helps themselves, well we are def. doing that too. We are def. blessed with 5 great children, I just keep telling myself that everyday that is the only thing that gets me through the day. Please keep us in your prayers as we could sure use them right now.