What is school envy you ask? It's when a homeschool mom becomes jealous of moms who take their children to school each day. Now I am not stupid enough to believe that these moms sit around and eat bon bons each day while watching soaps. That's silly. They have many other things that occupy their time. Sometimes I wish I had that. I wish that the kids could go to school and I didn't feel such a responsibility for their education. I wish I could enjoy lunch with a friend and not worry about finding a place for the kids to go. Because they will not do school if mom is not around. ;-) I wouldn't mind watching morning shows without worrying that someone will see me and tell me that I stink at homeschooling.
Now some of you are asking, "Then why don't you send your kids to school?" Logical question. Because that's not what God has called us to do. That sounds silly to some but to us, it's logical. ;-) We are called to obey what God wants us to do with our lives and right now, it's homeschooling Andrew, Abi and Peter.
So I need to let go of my school envy and focus on contentment. Because I am pretty sure the Bible talks about that too. It is a joy to be with my children. We experience moments that most parents do not ever get to. We enjoy fun field trips, we can school when we want and wear what we want. If we are tired, we can sleep later and school later. We can take vacations when it's not 500 degrees outside and every other person in the world is vacationing. We can teach Bible to our kids each and every day without worrying about the government. We have a say in what they learn.
I think I just talked myself out of school envy.....Besides, if we were in school, we couldn't attend cool parties like this at 1 in the afternoon!
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