Window Into a Home schoolers Life

I'm the middle kid and the middle girl. It's hard. In this blog I'm going to be telling you some of the hardest things there are to being a middle kid. 1. You don't get as much attention. You become, well, sorta unnoticed for the things you do. And since it it is easier to get away with things you have to be careful you don't take advantage of that freedom. But also you don't get noticed as much for the good things you do. You do something good and expect to be applaud but instead you get pass unnoticed.  2. One of the biggest things I think is the middle girl get a lot of men's work. Ya, let's just say I know construction quite well! You can ask me to cut you a board any at certain measurements and I'll go to the chopsaw and cut that baby and whip it out in a minute or less. You aren't really expected to be that perfect women doing the lady chores. 3. People often don't notice your emotions, or your relationship with Christ. You

Homeschooling is great in many ways. But there are also some things I'm too fond about. I don't want to make homeschooling sound bad so I'll put the Pros in not just the Cons. I think one of the biggest pros is that you can be kept away from a lot of the trash that will be stuck into your mind at such a young age when you are public schooled or even Christian schooled. I just am almost positive that I would be such a more insecure person if I was in rolled in a school. So many kids in the schooling system are so insecure in who they are and they hate their bodies. One thing I don't like about homeschooling is that I'm home like a lot! Home is supposed to be a place that is a wonderful place to be. But when you are home all the time you want to get away more often. Another thing that hinders getting away from home is that my parents do adult foster care. So I don't get out a lot. We can't just leave a resident at home to fend for themselves. We mu

   Slowly, slowly, slowly it makes its way down the tree for its weekly potty break. They live most of their lives in trees. Sloths are the slowest mammals in the world, but this doesn’t make them uncool. They are one of the best animals at conserving energy. For an example on how slow sloths are, it takes them a whole month to travel only one single mile. The reason they have to sleep so much is because their big stomachs take 30 days to digest one leaf. They have 46 ribs to hold their stomachs because they are so large. That is more ribs than any mammal in the world. Their diet of leaves and bark doesn’t produce much nutrition.  So they must conserve their energy by sleeping and going very slow. They spend 15 hours a day sleeping and eat at night. There are two kinds of sloths, the 2 toed sloth and the 3 toed sloth. They live in Central and South America. The two toed sloth has the lowest body temperature of any mammal on this earth. It can go to as low as 30 degrees Celsius. Our bod

I was baptized at age 7 and I really believed that I wanted God in my life. But I don't think that I actually knew what giving my all was. I sadly drifted from God when I was older. From age 10-around 12 I found myself caught in a horrible sin. I was looking at pornography and I knew it was wrong, and I didn't care. My heart felt so heavy and dark. Like literally dark. I hated how I felt. But if I told anyone I knew I was going to be so in trouble. The first time I looked at it my parents found out. My mom talked to me and I really was sad and wanted to change. I repented and went back on with life. My mom was so gentle with what I had done. And I was really surprised. But I'm not sure how much longer it was but I started looking at it again. This time I told my parents, and I repented. After that time in my life I started noticing what a sinful life I was living. I told my parents, siblings, friends, the bad big and little things I had done wrong. I was truly c

Death, persecution, agony. Yep all those things are coming to our world. Some already have to a certain extent. Our world is going down and quickly not to mention. We all need to be prepared for all those things and more. I normally forget about this and just continue living my life. On Sunday. My pastor preached on us needing to prepare ourselves for the coming persecution.  It really opened my eyes that I need to spiritually ground myself in God so I won't be swayed when the testing of my faith comes. This is talked about in Luke 21:11-19:   There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.   “But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. They will hand you over to synagogues and put you in prison, and you will be brought before kings and governors, and all on account of my name.     And so you will bear testimony to me.  But make up your mind not to worry beforehand how you will d

Guys, have you ever felt like something has happened in your life that will ruin it forever? Here is a verse that might help: “God  can  bring peace to  your past , purpose to  your  present, and hope to  your future .” John 14:27 That seems to be something that really effects me as a person. It is one of those lies that crept into my life when I didnt even see it. I did a Bible study called Lies That Young Women Believe. It helped me identify the lies I was believing. The best thing to do when you identify a lie in you life is to find Bible verses that bring the truth in. Then memorize it, stick it in places you will see it. Because those lies will try to come and bring you down again. But if you have God's word hidden in your heart, the devil can't break you down.  Let me close with this Bible verse: "Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” John 8:32

Why do people think home schoolers are dumb!? Is it because they think that we are always home with no other piers to hang out with? And they think we are socially awkward? We'll this isn't true. I hang out with a lot of other kids my age. And I have a wonderful homeschool co-op to go to! I have friends, I'm not socially challenged. I have the same feelings as any other high schoolers my age.  I have met some homeschoolers who ya might be slightly more challenged than me. But HEY, they are humans just like us and we ought to treat them that way. Sometimes the most awkward people can end up being the best friends you'll ever have. I've been home schooled since day one. I have insecurities that bite me when I'm with public schoolers. I'm always asking myself will they think I'm shy awkward or maybe even ugly. OK, stop their.  God made you just as you are and just be you and stop trying to be someone you aren't. Trust me I've tried it, a

  I'm a dancer by heart and always have. But ya, I don't want to wear what everybody wears in a regular dance class. I think it is slightly immodest (no offense to anyone in the dance classes) depending on the dance academy you are in. I wasn't aloud to attend a dance academy. I had to learn online and through a homeschool group. I first found out I was interested at age 13, yes, I know really old to start ballet! But I loved it, and it helped me let go of emotions as I danced for Jesus. I had a few classes at my homeschool group but it was shut down because we all know, yep you guessed it the Covid 19 pandemic. I practiced at home with my sister who was also interested. She was so much more naturally flexible than me and it put me down. But I kept pressing. Finally another semester of our homeschool group started up and I had classes and we did a performance at the end of the semester with some other girls.  I have since then been practicing at home. It is supe