A Mother’s Journal

Today’s a work day for me (sigh).  I’ll miss you today, blogland. 

It gets COLD when you sit for 8 hours and type. My gloves keep my hands warm and my fingers free to speed along the keyboard.

This morning I’ll sit down at my work desk with a lot of thoughts on my mind.  As Joseph’s graduation from our homeschool nears, how will we define whether or not we’ve been successful?  Will Joseph feel his education was a success?

There have been many obstacles.  Three heart procedures for my husband over the course of five years.  My having to somehow provide continuous medical insurance coverage.  Those were the two biggies. 

And yet, if homeschooling is going on, then it must be given just as much of a priority as everything else.  Add to the mix that Joseph deals with dyslexia big time, and the matter of success becomes even more complicated.  The last time we had him tested, his spelling scores…  Hmmm.  Do I share this on line? 

I don’t think he minds, especially if it helps someone else. 

He spells on a third grade level.  But his reading comprehension is 3rd year college.  The consultant said she’d never seen such a span.  Her words to me were that he’s compensating for his disability.  Very well.  He’ll be fine.  But how do you take notes in a college class if you write and spell slowly?  How do you ever prepare for college if you cannot remember from week to week how to spell “every” or “where?”

It’s tough.  As tenacious as I was regarding Joseph becoming a reader, which he surely is, I am bound and determined that he will spell well.  We are down to months left. 

A quotation I saw yesterday has been on my mind.

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.”  ~Donald Kendall 

I have to just trust that if we keep working hard and pushing ourselves, we’ll end up exactly where we should be in time for graduation.

I always enjoy a work day when I have something major to turn over in the back of my mind all day.  More on this later.

Lynn