God has blessed me with the most wonderful job on earth, being a mom!  I set here with my grandson sleeping behind me in the play pen.   My daughter in love and 10 yo are off to get cow feed.  The 7 and 16 yo are finishing up chores upstairs and chatting away.   MJ has completed not only today's school, but tomorrows already.  

Peace flows through our home.  I find that I have reached the point that words don't work to pray.  I am way to blessed to express in human words.  God is so good!  He is so alive and busy in our lives. 

Today I finally got to see J get upset.  LOL she can get mad. She was mad over school. But her mad was very mild and more pouty than anger.   Oh well so sad! She has other things she wanted to do rather than school. Gee imagine that? She kept going to do "other" things and mom ask if school is done, "almost". Sent back in to finish.... Last time she was done except she didn't do the math. "I don't have to start it today." Wrong, you do! Bye! That was when DIL got tickled. Remember she is a home school grad. J came storming in, "How does she expect me to do this much?! She just gave me way to much!" We didn't even pretend to start school today until about 10:30. It is only 1:30 now and she ate lunch in this time table. She has looked busy but after 18 years of homeschooling it is pretty easy to spot looking busy and being busy with kids. I then came in and she was using the calculator for math. Sorry charlie! Learn to do it without. Yep she was less than happy. Life goes on! MN told her this morning mom was a tough teacher. 

I figured out why she didn't want to do the math. She lacks lots of either basic knowledge or self-esteem to do it. Or both! She was stewing as she worked and I went and hugged her and told her if she didn't know how to do it don't sweat it. It was more of where adults in her life let her down. I didn't care if we had to back up to 2nd grade I was OK with it. My goal was to teach her to balance money, use her finance so she could be a woman of worth.

We went over the math. Several of them she didn't do because she didn't know how, but with very little direction she got it so not sure if it is fear or knowledge based.

The amazing part is she found her good spirit before she finished doing it after the hug.

Then she tried "since the last subject won't take 2 minutes can I....." I grinned and said, in 2 minutes AFTER that!   She didn't take long and she was off doing what she wanted. 

DH did find out more on the homeschooling.  I want to thank everyone that is praying God IS working.  He talked to the lawyer and she thinks since it is OK in TX that it will be OK.  So DH contacted THSC and the suggest we send them an email with our reasons our experience and her name just to cover ourselves.   I have NO problem doing that!   Please keep praying that there are no snags.   I have such peace about teaching her at home.   She so needs the mommy time, the family time and the chance to go back without condemnation to fill in the gaps of changing schools her whole life have left. 

A note  about change that I sit and watch and don't even bother to let her know I see is that when she came she wanted to wear her swimsuit without a cover top, girls nixed that so she put on a top that was strings, I nixed that   The last 2 days she has swam in shorts and a top.      That is what the girls both wear.  DIL swims in boys swim trunks, a girls one piece and a t-shirt.  

I told her last night how proud I was of her and how hard I see her working not to boss.   She is really trying!   I also told her this morning when we talked that I don't expect her to be the baby sitter, the maid or cook!   She almost started crying. I ask why?   She said she didn't know what to do.  She always does those things.   I said your job is to be a kid!  I did go on to say that doesn't mean you won't have chores.  We all do!  It is part of being a family.   This afternoon I said something about she shouldn't have but 2-3 chores.  I didn't know how many she was use to.  Without missing a beat she said 7.   I am sure different places required different things.  

I guess I better finish up supper.  We are planning on fried rice and salad along with a pot of beans I cooked earlier.  Not sure how that fits into the food groups.   I may be lacking in some areas.    Oh well we will make up after produce!