Aaannd, We're Back In Session

You know that expression "life is what happens when you are busy making other plans"?  This year I had plans alright, big ones actually. Last semester was my first semester back at school(BYU-Idaho, online) after a ten year hiatus. It went really well, so well in fact, I added another class this semester because I figured I might as well take advantage of having just one child at home. This whole time I was planning my school, I was still considering homeschooling the girls in the fall. Everything would be in order by then and I was praying that I would be ready to take on the huge role of an educator once more. 

Almost exactly a day after I paid my tuition, Charly had a personal experience with prayer that called for an immediate family meeting. And that's when it changed, through the faith of our eight year old daughter, Nathan and I quickly realized our timeline was off; homeschool would be back on much sooner than we thought. I prayed for the same answer Charly had gotten, although I knew I already had it. It was the same answer I had only five short years before.

This past year with Charly in school and then Piper for half a year was filled with so much triumph and great memories. Not only did the girls have the most loving teachers, but I feel so grateful to have formed friendships with people I would have never met without this experience. I'm still not sure if this was part of His plan from the beginning. The way everything worked out just seemed like this was the way it was supposed to happen. My only regret is that I wished I had had more faith. Faith that the comforting feelings I was getting after sending the girls to school was a validation that this was going to be just fine and work out perfectly when all is said and done. 

The funny, and not surprising thing at all, is that since we committed to getting back on track, I have felt such a relief to be doing the right thing for our family. In the back of my mind, throughout the past year, the topic of homeschooling was a sensitive topic for me. It was always the one thing I wondered about constantly, although was quiet about.

Everything has fallen into place, school is in session, at home. The concept of time isn't even an issue. Somehow loving my wonderful husband, teaching the girls, completing my school work, keeping food on the table, taking care of a puppy, laundry, mopping, dishes, learning piano, fulfilling church callings, and all things housework are getting done without extra effort.

The amount of blessings our family has seen, just in the past two weeks is enough to confirm that we are in fact choosing the right, and it feels wonderful!