Some days...

I have the pleasure of educating Mia at home. I am so thankful for the freedom to be able to do that. She gets one on one attention, deeper study into those things that she is struggling with, and she gets to dance and sing and make American Girl frisbees and hopscotch boards when we take a break. She even gets to do school in her pajamas if she wants, and so do I!

Some days I actually feel the pleasure of teaching her and getting to spend the whole day together. We learn together, we laugh together, we go out and enjoy nature. Some days we go on field trips to Jamestown or to pick apples with friends on Carter's Mountain. Those days are priceless treasures in the journey of motherhood and home education.

And then...some days....I get to see the very deepest depths of the depravity of my own soul. I get so highly agitated by an " I hate school!" attitude and I struggle every. single. moment. I want to scream. I want to throw all of the books across the room. I want to toss Mia into the other room, close the door and scream some more...all so I do not have social services called on me.

Thankfully, most days are a combo....a few moments of " Oh my gosh, social services is going to come knocking on my door" mixed in with moments of " Oh my gosh, do I really get to do this with my life? Do I really get to teach my kid and be with her all day?".

Honestly, being a mother and a teacher are tough jobs, but they are also the most rewarding of all jobs in my opinion. I get the joy of watching my child grow and learn. I get the sheer delight of experiencing new things with her every day. I mean, today, we looked up pictures of shrews, because they live on the forest floor and  were mentioned in our science book. She shrieked with delight at how cute they were to her. I mean, how fun is that?!

So today had it's ups and downs, but we managed to both make it through school unscathed. Next week will be a new adventure. We shall see how it turns out, taking one moment at a time.