Home is Cool

"Train up a child in the way he should go, even when he is old he will not depart from it." - Proverbs 22:6

We officially ended our homeschooling year 2010-2011 last week.  It has been 2 years since we bravely  got  into homeschooling. Deciding to homeschool our children was indeed a difficult decision. Aside from coming from a family of educators and not to forget that I was once a teacher, too, sending our son to school was one of his best intervention. It has indeed worked wonders for him. After 2 years in a SPED school set-up he was mainstreamed to a regular preschool classroom. It was indeed the best years... until we experienced the joy of homeschooling.  Homeschool? Are we nuts? Are we crazy?

I have a confession to make but let's make it our little secret. We are a crazy family!. We have no household help (no yayas for our 2 energetic kids) and we homeschool.  We do so many things that drive people crazy. But our craziness is what's making our life fun and our home cool! We have good days and great days! But of course, we also have our share of bad days and stressful days. But it is during these difficult moments when we feel God's presence the most, embracing us so tight and assuring us of His love. 

Sharing with you a beautiful Psalm that strengthened our conviction to homeschool.

 "Happy are those who obey the Lord,

  who live by His commands.

  Your work will provide for your needs;

  you will be happy and prosperous.

 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine in your home,

 and your children will be like young olive trees around your table.

 A man who obeys the Lord will surely be blessed like this." - Psalm 128:1-6

"Thank you Lord for the gift of homeschooling. Thank you for blessing our conviction to serve you as we love and serve our children and for allowing us to share with them a wonderful world of knowledge and love as we bring them closer to you - Amen"