Sweet Memories

I finally got around to cleaning off the school bookshelves this past weekend.   I thought I had some things to sell but when I started sorting through the books, I couldn't part with some of them.

I came across the Miller Series on the shelf.  Are you familiar with those?  They are stories about the Miller Family, who lived in a simpler time.  The stories are great for character lessons and add Bible verses to bring home the moral of the story.   There are about 5-6 books in the series and Ted and I shared each one, at some time during our homeschooling journey.

When I took these from the shelf, a wave of memories swept over me, causing a few tears.  I sat there for a second and allowed my mind to wander back in time; to all the sweet sessions we had on the couch, reading together.   He is now a week away from turning 18 and I have his diploma sitting on a shelf, waiting to be given. 

I never really imagined what it would be like to reach the end of our school years together.  I've been so busy these last 4 years, keeping records, making transcripts and schedules and telling him to get out of bed!  But, the time has come and I am happy, sad, thankful, excited and proud, all rolled into one.

Ted has turned out to be an amazing young man.  I truly couldn't be happier about all that God has done in his life and all that God has molded him to be.    I will dedicate a post to him in the future.

In the meantime, I will keep the books and put them beside all the books Collin likes to read, which are not about simple times, but things such as Ripley's Believe it or Not and Guiness Book of World Records!  Not exactly memory evoking ones, but somehow they fit Collin's thirst for trivia and knowledge about random things.   Don't you just love God's creativity?  No two kids are alike!

The moral of this post is that if you are a homeschooling mom, treasure the little times in your day that will someday turn out to be the sweetest memories you have.  

The day I found the books, I took them in to Ted's room and showed them to him.  He got a sweet smile on his face and said that he remembered them too.   That's all I needed to see, to know that it's all been worth it.  Every hour of every day that I have spent with my sweet boys on this amazing journey of education, has blessed me in a way I never dreamed of.   And, anything that I had to pass up or say no to, doesn't even compare to the privilege it's been to be at home where I belong.