Oh!.....Oh dear. Whose child is this? Poor lad. No hope...no hope..
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"Mrs. E."
"Mrs. E."
Oh wow! That explains A LOT.
"We're a homeschool family! dah-da-de-dum (snap-snap)"
(Sung to the Adam's Family song) - funny video
//////Wrist Cyst//////
Tyra went in for surgery to remove her cyst upon her wrist....something which she was quite excited to be rid of.
It wasn't all quite exciting though. She was a tad nervous but was well taken care of.
She did well, the cyst is now gone and she is now recovering. Yaaay Tyra! It's gone! It's really gone!//////Books//////
We have been sick the last few weeks (which is an understatement, really) and so have done close to nothing but trying to recover.
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But! we did read one great book - it's a book about Mother Teresa's life. What a wonderful woman.
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I could feel Tyra and Ethan makes leaps and bounds in the things they came to understand about how we should treat one another and what's really important in life.
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One comment Tyra made was, "She reminds me a lot of Jesus." And so I ask, " Should we all be like that?" And her little heart thought only for a moment and clearly answered a simple but profound, "yes."
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Ethan is SO disgusted by even the mention of "bones" or "blood" and so I was glad that he could gain a new perspective on the human body as we read this book - that we can become grotesquely diseased, malformed, even to the point of having rotting sores but should that turn us away from caring for one another? Mother Teresa never turned anyone away and took care of everyone with a genuine heartfelt love and concern....maybe we should be the same way.
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One man was embarrassed by his sores and said, "Sister, how is it that you can stand the smell of my sores?" and, without lying, she said, " You're sores do smell but how can I care about that when I know what kind of pain you must be in?"
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Beautiful just beautiful.
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Ya know, that's exactly one significant reason why we home school - I want to expose them to the beautiful things of this world. There's enough junk they do (and will) naturally see as they wander the world, as we discuss recent news, as they meet more people, even as we read about certain characters and scenarios in scriptures and other books. But for right now, during their young years, I want them to learn from the beautiful, the moving, the life changing truths, discoveries, and people that have existed and do exist on this world today.
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Life is about taking the great and beautiful things of this world and making it a part of who you are now and who you will be forever.
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I don't expect my kids to turn out perfect. But at the end of it all, as most mothers do, I want to know that I did what the Lord wanted me to do for them. I gave them what He wanted me to give them. And I exposed them to the things He wanted me to expose them to - to help them remain true to who they were before they came to earth so the Lord can use those talents and interests of these little individuals at this present time, in this world's present conditions, to help the Lord's work to progress.
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//////Millie//////
I always seem to post another completely adorable photo of Millie at the end of these blogs but, I post this one for two reasons.
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A) She looks 100% better after being sick for 3 weeks!!!! And am so happy to see her happy again.
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B) It's sunny outside and fairly warm(er).
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We love seeing the first signs of spring. There's so much natural excitement in a child's heart as they see the first bee of the year or the first green tuft of grass poking up out of the dirt.
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Children come alive with nature. And, after being sick for so long, it's just plain good to be alive! :)
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