Eight years ago, I was living in my first home here in Texas. My neighbor Lynda was one of the most amazing people I have ever met. She was a home school Mom. I remember looking across the street at her kids, sprawled out on a blanket, doing school work together. I watched and admired as I would an ice-skater or an Olympic gymnast and thought, "what a beautiful thing that I will never do." Of course I wasn't particularly conscious of thinking that way but I know I did. Today it was my kids, sprawled out on the lawn doing school and I have to say, it was really great.
After school we went to "art club." The kids made ghosts out of paper machet and cheese cloth. After their projects, they played outside, riding bikes, swinging in the hammock, and climbing trees. There were no bullies or "popular" kids. Just kids, riding bikes and climbing trees. I loved it.
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