Homeschooling is messy. Very messy.
It’s perpetual snacktime (and sweeping crumbs), spelling lessons, paint and markers, and unending pencil shavings all mixed together.
It’s also grouchy moods from lack of sleep, annoying siblings, complaining about chores, curious toddlers, 3-5 sinks of dishes every day, and an exhausted mama.
All that stuff sounds pretty ugly right? Well, in the moment, viewing it from the midst of it, it is.
But when you step back and view it from a different angle….
it’s not.
It looks like little growing bodies and minds and time spent being creative. It looks like being able to rest when rest is needed (sometimes in a blanket fort), learning patience, love, kindness, work ethic, and how to be a friend. It looks like having fun, having full tummies and hearts, a family reading together after lunch, and a mama learning daily (and teaching her children by example) to lean on God.
Homeschooling is beautiful when we take the time to see it from His view.
