Time to evaluate
I'm enjoying a breather of a few days to catch up after a busy, busy May...and before a busy, busy June. Next week is our church's Vacation Bible School, then a homeschool conference, and a couple of weeks with our families. It's been wonderful to get my house clean, take time to cook appealing meals, have more time in the Word, and watch the grass grow. As a homeschool mom, though, it's hard to put aside thoughts and plans for the coming year. I no sooner finish one year than I'm prayerfully planning studies and schedules for the next. And while I would truly love a mental break from it all, I'm grabbing the chance to analyze what worked and what didn't for us. I ended this year feeling particularly drained and overdone, out of touch with myself and our home life. Some of the outside commitments I made took more planning and execution than I anticipated. We had to adjust our curriculum and scheduling a number of times. Various deadlines kept me f