My coffee is cooling off, again, and I wait for the sounds of my kids as they awaken at their own rates. I am, once again, grateful for this graceful beginning of our days. I struggle to remember what it was like before we homeschooled. What the mornings were. The rushing. The perpetual reminders to keep moving, keep eating, get dressed, Hurry Up!
No time for slowly waking up and stretching like cats.
Now, every day seems like a gift of Time. A gift of lessened stress. A gift that won't last forever. Like those precious days of my eldest's baby years, this stage is in full swing. We are comfortable within it and have become Good at it. This is usually the marker for a Big Change in our lives. When Life becomes comfortable, the universe likes to throw a couple of dice at you and see what happens.
So, I continue to relish these moments of easy homeschooling life. A 7th grader, a 4th grader and a kindergartener... So lovely and smooth...
Evan has just stumbled into the kitchen at 8:30 am and is reading the directions on the sausage box. The same boy who struggled to learn to read is now navigating the confusing world of microwave instructions. Yes. Microwaveable sausage. Yum.
My day has officially begun.
The coffee will have to be heated up, again.
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9 comments:
Nothing can go wrong when you start your day with sausage.
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p.s. That was a very nice morning post. I felt it.
When it comes down to it, 75% of one's ability to survive in today's world depends upon microwave direction following.
mmm microwave sausage :) i love breakfast meat, microwaved or otherwise
Till they start arguing? ;)
I think you are amazing. Truly. I know I just couldn't do it.
I can smell that sausage all the way over here. Oh wait, that's because we had some for lunch.
It's so true that when you find that new normal and it's smooth, something BIG changes.
Also. I think about homeschooling a lot and this is one of the reasons why--just having your own rythym I guess. I'm so glad it's going well for you.
So glad it's working out for you, and I totally admire you for it. I could never have done it. :)
The homeschooling. Not the sausage-eating. That, I would be ALL OVER. :)
Mmm, sausage.
OK, that does sound good but since we get up at around 5.30 we have plenty of time to stretch before we must brave the outside world and head off to playschool. :-)
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