This week all my plans for this coming school year blew up. Not just mine, and mine and a lot of other people’s, in my area and around the country. The health aspects, the politics, and the controversy don’t really matter at the moment. I can be sad and angry, and sometimes I am. But it won’t change the current situation.
My children are still young, so I have the luxury of not being very worried about the long term effects of this. I’ll do my best to educate them as I always have. Though, for the first time in their lives, I do worry about socialization. That pesky concept people always question homeschoolers about that never has been an issue until now.
We’ve always met up with friends, taken field trips, attended church and joined clubs and co-ops. But not anymore, not this year.
The planner in me wants to quickly find solutions. But what if I didn’t?
What if instead of trying to replicate our usual lives and schedules we instead embraced rest? Click To Tweet
The idea of rest during this time feels ridiculous. There seems to be more work than ever. It feels like everything falls on me.
But isn’t that the point? That’s why I need the rest. My pastor said once that part of Sabbath rest is resting in the finished work of Christ on the cross and recognizing that he is ultimately in control.
What if this was the year we didn’t try to do everything and instead we let things go?
To let our hearts and calendars lie fallow for a season and watch what is sown, allowing the tears and fears of this uncertain time to rain down and see what comes up.
It’s not what I want. But maybe it’s what I need.
What a great thought. (I homeschooled my kids as well. I’ve been having this thought as the schools are discussing how school will look this year…. How about take a year off? Wouldn’t that get their tongues wagging?) haha
We’ll still do some academics, we have requirements to meet in our state. But I also need to find a way to enjoy my kids, in spite of being with them 24/7 for the foreseeable future.
hmm… intriguing. It’s turning a forced situation on it’s head. Good change in perspective. Visiting from FMF 17
A year of letting things go. Even a season. It is a great thought…even for those of us way past the years of schooling!
Good food for thought.
This is such a weird year! In some ways, I’m getting more done, in others, much less. Thank you for the reminder to just let things out of my control go. No need to stress myself out needlessly over things I can’t control. Blessings as you start your new school year!
This is indeed a weird year. There are still times that I’m sad for what this year was supposed to be and the things that are lost that cannot be recovered. But mostly I’m just trying to embrace what I do have and not worry too much about the future.