| Panic happens. I would lay in bed, filled with | | | | enough sleep. Homeschooling high school is hard |
| concerns and worry about curriculum choices, | | | | enough, but it is even more difficult with only half |
| scheduling conflicts, record keeping problems, and | | | | a brain! Make sure you get the sleep you need, so |
| teenage angst. I am fairly certain that I am not | | | | that you can function while you do your job: |
| alone in my stress about homeschooling high | | | | homeschooling. Your homeschool is WORTH |
| school students. I listen to enough parents when I | | | | getting some sleep. It is worth putting off the |
| am consulting to know this is still an issue for | | | | laundry or dishes until the morning. It is worth |
| parents. Is this one of those things about | | | | setting your concerns aside until tomorrow |
| "increasing our pain in childbirth?" Does that pain | | | | morning - AFTER the cup of coffee! The decisions |
| extend into our child's young adulthood? | | | | you make will be clearer in the morning. |
| I love this positive affirmation of King David. Now | | | | Sleep in peace. The Lord will make you dwell in |
| there is a guy that had some troubles in his life! | | | | safety. Your children will turn out OK. |
| But look at his proclamation. | | | | Do you know what I hear most from parents |
| I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O | | | | who have graduated their children? Shock! Shock |
| LORD, make me dwell in safety. (Psalm 4:8) | | | | that it really DOES turn out OK! Shock that the |
| He says "I WILL" lie down and sleep. Troubles | | | | homeschool transcript works, kids go successfully |
| were all around him too. Bigger troubles than even | | | | off to college, college becomes affordable with |
| homeschoolers have! And yet he was committed | | | | scholarships, and shock that their children grow up |
| to having a night of sleep. He was counting on the | | | | to be wonderful people. Hang on! Sleep in peace! |
| Lord to provide peace and safety while he slept. | | | | Everything WILL be OK! |
| I encourage you to make sure you are getting | | | | |