We enjoy treating ourselves to ice cream in their beautiful Greenhouse Cafe, but the garden was in full bloom, so we were drawn to the courtyard.
My firstborn, Roman, age fifteen, just completed his freshman year of high school.
Nola Josette, age thirteen, just finished 7th grade.
Soren, twelve, finished 6th grade...
And my baby, Elsa, who's nine, just completed 4th grade.
I suppose this means I have officially been homeschooling for a decade now, but I feel like I've just begun. Every year seems to be better than the last.
As much as I miss the younger homeschool years of blowing bubbles, playing with blocks, and reading Corduroy eight times in a row, I am learning to embrace this new season of older kids and teens.
It can be just as exhausting and rewarding as the younger years.
The Lord is teaching me to reject the dark cynicism of our culture, and move toward my teenagers with confident faith in our Redeemer.
They are unfinished products, their minds and character are still developing, so I endeavor to pour love and grace on them, with God's help, each day.
It's a joy watching my children grow into who God designed them to be.
They are God's children after all, and are here to bring Him glory, not me.
I'm just grateful to get to be a part of what God is doing in their lives.
💐
~ Courtney
