Today I woke up with great expectations and many prayers on
my heart. As I cooked breakfast I was actually nervous. Me? Nervous? Why was I
nervous to sit down in front of three children under the age of 8 and teach
them just as I had done the past three years? It was all those great
expectations. Expectations, that I myself was doubtful yet hopeful of all at the
same time. I had prayed so hard for today to go better than years past. Even
the first day of school has been tough for us before. What should hold excitement
and curiosity would lack both to say the least. We just couldn’t seem to get it
all together. After two very hard years of flip-flopping curriculum and lack of
learning, I found myself questioning what it was God would have me to do to make
things right within our home walls. Today was the sigh of relief I had been
praying for. We woke up, ate a well-rounded breakfast and lunch, did morning
chores, completed all of our lessons all before 2 pm! That is huge, I repeat
HUGE for us. The D’ home academy does not normally complete tasks very
well. Something, whether lessons or chores or even baths, gets spilled over into
tomorrow until sometimes tomorrow is long gone. So what made today different, besides being
covered in prayer? I stopped the planning, preparing, and pondering overload
and began the “D” home academy new school routine! The “D” now stands for not
only Daniels, but also disciplined, determined, discipled, dedicated, driven,
and delighted! (I had to throw in delighted because I have to be excited for
school for my kids to follow my example) Today we were all of these things, ALL
of us, and believe me I need more work on these than my kids do. I am beyond
excited that we had such a wonderful day today and I can’t wait to see what our
school accomplishes this year putting all of these principles into work! Stay
tuned!
