03/21/2021
School starts again tomorrow! I hope you all enjoyed a bit of rest before we get back into it.
Parents....you've got this and you're doing great! You've almost made an entire crazy school year that has looked different than I think most of us expected it to look. In most cases, there was no one to prepare you for a year of major changes is almost every area of life. There wasn't anyone preparing you to homeschool all your kids while also working full time jobs. There wasn't anyone who told you how many self sacrifices you'd have to make for your family this year. No one gave you a heads up that you'd have to steward kid's hearts on why they could no longer do the things they always did or why they would have to sit in front of a screen all day instead of being with their friends in school.
This has been a tough school year filled with frustrations, tears, self sacrifice, unknowns, inconsistencies, etc. BUT...we are going to finish strong! We are going to send our kids back to school prepared and ready to learn in whatever that environment is. We are going to send them into the day filled with encouragement and excitement, because a good attitude changes everything. We are going to receive them with love and grace understanding that they've gone through a lot as well.
Tomorrow, I would encourage you to have dinner together with your family at a table. No TV, no phones, just talking. Talk about the day, this week, the year. Talk about the good, the bad and the ugly. Talk about the heart issues that have come up and how their classes were. As a parents, share your struggles from that day as well. Growing up, I never felt more connected to my parents than when they were transparent and shared what they were struggling with as it related to my own struggle. Lets sit and dwell together as a family and set the tone for the rest of the year.
To all the parents, you're doing great and you've walked out a lot. Accept Yahweh's grace, and keep going. You can do this!!