Things were not so busy a few weeks ago before we started our renovation planning. January and February were fairly quiet for me and I really needed that time for reflection after the sadness of December. In March things began to pick up as we started to plan our home school co-op days and get things into place. I missed the big conference that was held here this year instead of Saskatoon but we were fortunate enough to get to see the keynote speaker at a local church before he left the area. Dr. Jay Wile is so interesting to listen to and my son was thrilled to meet the author of his science texts! :)
This term at the co-op group I had planned to teach basic fingerspelling to the 9-11 age group. I figured that by the end of the 8 weeks we'd have to move into some actual signing in addition to the fingerspelling but they surprised me! Most of this ambitious group searched out some resources and began to learn on their own. As a result, I had to start teaching beyond the fingerspelling on the very first day! They will be a challenge for me, I'm sure, before this is done.
Because of the way my December went, I found a Griefshare group to join in February. The first group I was going to join had some wrong dates on their website so when I actually called about it before what was supposed to be the first night, I found out that they had already begun. The leaders knew of another group that was running locally so they gave me the number but also made sure that I knew I would be welcome to join them anyway, should that not work out for my schedule. I ended up joining the second group and it's been really good for me. It is quite a small group but it's just good to know that I'm not alone in my grief. It helps to focus a little on the journey others are on as well. Griefshare meetings are once a week for about 12 weeks. We just talked about emotions like anger and blame. It's really amazing the things you can be feeling as a part of your grief and not even realize it.
I have also had a couple study groups going on that I've been attending. One is at a local church (not ours) where my son is babysitting during a women's Bible study. I joined in to avoid all the driving back and forth and am having a good time getting to know the Bible and some other Christian women better. It's been a time of growth for me and a time of refreshment. They are a fantastic group of women who are very open and real. The other study is a small group study at my own church on the book of Joshua. It's been a pretty intense study so far and I'm learning a lot. I hope I'll be able to keep up with the homework from now till it's done. It can be quite time-consuming. This group just happens to be mostly senior women, along with our pastor and my husband. It's a fun group to be a part of. :)
I still sing occasionally on the worship team though there's more people involved now so it's less often than it used to be. That's really too bad because I really love when I get to be a part of that. I wish I had more opportunities to use that gift but perhaps something more will come up yet sometime.
Back to the topic of homeschooling, the school year has flown by and we are just a few weeks from wrapping things up for the year. Our goal has always been to plug away hard through the winter so we can have more free time in spring/summer. This year is no exception. My son is working hard and is just a week or two from completing his math, social studies and English. Science will likely take a couple weeks longer. My daughter is also just a few weeks from being finished only for her it's finished finished. She graduates this spring. I can't believe she's really going to be done. The past 18 years has gone by WAY too fast in a lot of ways...
Our homeschool group's Moms support has asked me to speak at our spring brunch this year so in addition to all that study homework I mentioned, I'm also preparing for that. I can't fathom how this is all going to come together but I'm sure it will. The same day, a friend is getting married so I'll speak in the morning and then in the afternoon and evening I'll celebrate with mixed feelings. The mixed feelings part is because she's moving away. Her fiance is from the States and she's moving there. I'm totally thrilled for her... but I will miss her presence here. Thankfully, her parents live here so it's not like we will never see each other again but it won't likely be all that often either.
So, life is busy... REALLY busy! But sometimes busy is good. Sometimes it keeps us from dwelling on things and going places we shouldn't go. I haven't had much time for the digital scrapbooking I started over the holidays but I will get back to that again... while I'm waiting for the different stages of installs for the kitchen. At least the snow is leaving and the weather is warming up. Spring is here in many ways! :)
Dee..
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