World History High School:
We are nearing the end of our WH guide - can you believe it? I can't! The time has flown by! We have 2 weeks left, and to me it seems as if we have just begun! I am so glad we chose to spread out these last few guides, rather than have Wyatt graduate a year early. He simply is loving his life! He loves the autonomy the guide gives him, and he loves the ability to set up his day like he wants to since we are homeschooling. He is an early morning riser, and he gets up very early to start his school. He likes the time alone in his room to do a few of his favorite subjects in the morning, in a quiet house in the quiet of the morning. When doing his chores and getting ready for school, he is often singing, laughing, and joking around with the boys. He loves his life. It really is an incredible blessing to me as his mother to see him so happy!
The flexibility of homeschooling allows Wyatt to set up his day the way he wants to, to have free time when he wants to, to be with his brothers and enjoy their camaraderie, to have time to work to earn an income for college, to be a help to the family, to go hunting with his dad for an entire week, to vacation when no one else can vacation, to freely express his faith in Christ and read his Bible every day, and the list goes on and on.
Wyatt has made it a goal to be a leader to his younger brothers, and to help them whenever he can. A few things he has done on his own... he wanted to school 4 days a week, while the other boys are schooling 5 days a week, and on his day off, he wanted to help teach them. He loves to teach! He knows the guides, and he liked the idea of everyone finishing early together! This helps me too, and I'm so thankful! He also has started singing Emmett's multiplication facts with Emmett, and he has encouraged him to shout out the 4's or 5's or whatever facts he is on each day, while cheering him on! He also has asked to be called over when Emmett is doing his calisthenics for Bible time, and so has Riley, so they can all get into better shape for deer hunting season. He also has teamed up with Riley, so they can both work on memorizing their Bible verses together. These are the fruits of the labor of homeschooling, and they come in high school if we can only press on toward that goal! I see it now. I'm living it now. We're in the 'harvest' with him, and it has been worth every sacrifice we've made. It makes the journey with my next two sons all the sweeter! It also makes me want to slow things down for my oldest, who has become so very dear to me.
In Christ,
Julie