I promised my son I'd never say anything bad about him in my blog. For one thing, we were blessed in the kid department. We've had the Potter do a lot of molding and shaping in other areas but He balanced it by giving us two great kids. (Well, three...but the first son went to be with the Lord when he was about thirty minutes old.)
I have gotten frustrated and annoyed with my children but I have to admit the faults they have are like looking into a mirror. When they both were newborns, we would look at them and see whose eyes they had, whose nose, even whose hairline was inherited. Now I can look at either and see whose sinful nature they inherited...from both sides. However, they are 99% absolutely wonderful and only 1% challenging so I have nothing to complain about.
For those of you who do not know us personally, our kids were born twelve years apart. We didn't plan it that way. We had opted for the two years apart, three or four children plan. God had other ideas. Our son started Kindergarten on the same day our daughter began her college classes (yes, I know the math does not compute but she skipped her Senior year of high school).
Our daughter has a degree in Interior Design but uses it now to bless her home and those of her friends. She was brilliant but she says she's not as smart as she used to be. Not with the three children to keep up with. She is married to a great guy who is not perfect but is perfect for her. (The worlds-best-son-in-law...) They met in a Christian organization on campus when she was working on her degree and he was working on a Master's and then PhD. They have three children who are absolutely brilliant and beautiful but are also proving the concept of original sin (there is that inherited DNA again). We don't get to see each other often but we do talk on the phone.
Our son is sixteen, almost seventeen. We started homeschooling him in second grade after his diagnosis of severe ADHD. The public school system was not working for him. What began as an experiment (let's see if we could teach him better) opened up a new world that we came to embrace quickly. Homeschooling fit our personality, our lifestyle and his learning style. He is now a Junior in high school. He is also brilliant...with computers. He also has the capacity to understand and discuss great literature better than college educated adults I know. He is taking an advanced math class at a junior college this year, taking three classes at our homeschool co-op, he's involved with an advanced debate team this year, he is just starting to train for the Jr. Olympics in fencing AND we're studying Russian Literature, Latin and a Science class at home this year. I think I'm tired.
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i have a friend who has the same problem but parents though he was taking drugs. but its not the way i see it. he is so impatient we would watch movies on cds. five of them but none is finished. he doesnt like to be in crowded places, but he likes adventure. those criminal stuff . they sent him to drug rehab twice, it didnt work. he is always alone. his parents are two busy for him.. very rich kid but not happy
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