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First Day of School...Again

I was looking back at some old blog posts. Especially the ones from when I first started blogging. My desire was to journal my homeschooling, housekeeping, church going, God loving, crazy life. I can't help but to feel overwhelmed at God's goodness and provision through it all, Praise Jesus!

 Today we begin a new school year:( Noah is a junior and Lily a freshman. Yes, I have two high-schoolers. I can hardly believe it. The first day went well. I try to take it easy on them the first week but, nevertheless, it is high school and it will be challenging. Hopefully they won't get too overwhelmed. Although Noah is feeling the pressure a little bit. He's thinking and planning for the future already and is horrified at the thought of "adulting" as the culture says.

 The Lord gave me wisdom on what to say to settle his mind down about it but I'm sure as time goes on it will creep up now and again.

 I remember that anxious feeling of, "what am I going to do when I grow up?". It's daunting to think about, yet I pray his future will be a bright one. So long as he stays faithful to the Lord he will succeed. Life will be challenging enough as it is.

 It was fun going through old pictures of when the kids first started to homeschool. These are some of my favorites...

This was Brooke's first year of homeschooling in 2010.
This was Noah and Lily's first year of homeschooling the year after.

 
 

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