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vitamins, naps, story time, and home-schooling. I maintain
a strict two-hour quiet time to maintain my sanity. Mikayla,
6, reads books, works on the computer, or helps me empty
the dishwasher. Emma, 4, has quiet time and naps on her
bed. And Asher sleeps, hopefully. This all sounds so
smooth, just like a well-oiled engine. It’s only taken me
five years to figure it all out and still no degree – I keep
checking the mail.
Don’t get me wrong, I love being a mother! I just don’t
know where the day goes, between wiping tushies,
nursing, cleaning, coloring, reading, cooking, putting out
fires, changing the baby, burping the baby, and changing
the baby again ... and the list goes on. I always wanted to
be a nurse, chef, artist, teacher, doctor, firefighter, plumber,
dance instructor, veterinarian (our dog Nina tangled with
a porcupine last week, and I pulled 25 needles out of her
nose!), taxi driver, painter, decorator, foreign language
teacher, financial advisor, author, swim instructor,
dermatologist, allergy specialist, aromatherapist, and I am
all that – a mother.
We have turned baking bread into a science project
and emptying the dishwasher into a lesson in brain
integration. Cleaning the bathroom has become a lesson
on organization and sanitation. Our physical education is
dancing in the living room and running on the playground
outside.
The kids color and play with Legos while we listen to
classical music. Mikayla is studying about birds and is also
very interested in the Holy Scriptures, Noah’s Ark, Jonah,
and Queen Esther. She has 1,000 questions a day about
life, and I get to be the combined philosophy teacher and
religious mentor. We study the stars and history through
books, books, and more books, and by just taking a walk
in the woods or
stepping out on
the deck at night.
The stars are so
thick in Colorado
it seems you can just reach out and touch them. I always
wanted to be an astronomer.
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continued from page 62 “… when I ring the bell
for the maid to appear to
do some house cleaning,
I look around and realize,
“Oh, yeah, that’s me!”
My favorite job is my librarian position. I love to teach
through books and my next book order is going to be a set
of encyclopedias to help with my vivaciously inquisitive
firstborn.
Next we’re off to lessons in writing, Hebrew, and English.
English was always my favorite subject in school, next to
art, that is. Mikayla won first prize with her birth photos.
Emma wins the award for tenderness and most beautiful
drawings. Asher is our brilliant scientist and engineer,
who is never far from his drill, hammer, and baby doll
who he snuggles to sleep. He loves to watch Daddy from
the window and learns about heavy equipment operation.
Chava, 9 months, is a quiet, smiley angel who has blessed
us with her presence. All the children line up during the
day to take turns holding her. Chava’s tushie has never
known dry land because she’s always carried around like a
little princess.
Anyway, at this point, we’re about half-way through the
day. We read in the afternoon. The best thing we ever did
was to get rid of the TV. We eat dinner as a family and read
the Bible before bed. The best part of the day is tucking
them in. Not because the busy day is over, but because I
get to hear them pray. Emma never leaves a dry eye in the
house. I snuggle with Asher and nurse the baby to sleep.
I know why God gave me so many interests and passions
for life. He had a plan for me to share them with some very
special little ones.
“Moms are raising the future, and you never know, the future may include an important
role such as a rocket scientist or a Nobel prize winner ... or maybe just a Mom.”
Moms have a huge job to do. Moms are raising the future,
and you never know, the future may include an important
role such as a rocket scientist or a Nobel prize winner ... or
maybe just a Mom. Wouldn’t that be cool! •