That little graphic was created quite a few years ago. It was an idea about what we envisioned for our home school journey with our kids. A solid bridge into their future.
I can identify my best moment of our home school journey...
teaching my kids to read.
They love to read and are rarely without a book or two (or more!) in progress. It used to make my mother upset that we allowed our children to read at the dinner table. I loved it then and still do - yes even as young adults they read at the table during dinner fairly often.
Now we've come to the end of our (at home) home education journey. It has absolutely been a success for our family!
Jess has graduated high school and is a full-fledged undergraduate student at Franklin Pierce University with a dual major, in the honors program and officially advanced class standing due to all the college work she completed during high school
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In September, Ben will begin his advanced college work at Nashua Community College for the remainder of his high school years. Most likely he'll be finishing or fairly close to finishing an associates degree by the time he graduates high school.
Also new this summer is Ben going away to work at Camp Spofford for the next couple of months. My mama-heart is trying to sort out the varying emotions around this adventure but mostly I'm thankful that God has given him this opportunity and excited to see how he will grow this summer. We all prayed desperately for this door to open for him and several men in our church stepped up to offer recommendations and encouragement along the way. He will come home just before his college classes begin - literally - as in two days before they start!
Other relationships in our lives are also changing. Unexplained distance and estrangement has grown in formerly close relationships. Physical distance is about to become a reality with some of our closest friends as they are embarking on a life-changing move to a different part of the country.
However God has brought a wealth of new relationships and opportunities for new friendships within our church family and we are tremendously thankful for the gift. Monadnock Congregational Church is a wonderful place and I'm so grateful we challenged our presuppositions about the name on the sign. It is now very clear that a name/label attached to something doesn't always mean what we think it does. This church is sound in belief, has a Pastor who is bold in proclaiming the truth of the Jesus Christ, and has a congregation made up of genuine people who are trying to live honest, Christ-like lives by God's grace in a broken world. We are all sinners, we fail, we stumble, we blow it big time even. But there is Jesus and therefore there is grace and forgiveness... restoration and on-going sanctification.
As for me... I'm praying about what God is going to have me do next.
I don't think I'm having a mid-life crisis or anything... there is no desire for a sports car or crazy adventure. More a quiet waiting to see what's next in the journey. I've been dabbling in some new sewing ventures and finding things I love and things I don't. Made a little bit of money for some things, helped some people with a few different things and continue to learn new skills and techniques. I'm also considering the possibility (though a remote one) of a job outside home someplace. If God opens a certain type of door, I will walk through thankfully. If not, I shall continue along doing what He puts before me as opportunities.
Blessings on the journey~
