His big sister is 16 years older than he is. So, we basically have two generations of children. They are as different as night and day, other than being fiercely loyal to family and being the delight of their parents' lives. [smile]
This amazing young man has the soul of an old man. His heart is so pure and full of love, it makes mine want to burst sometimes. He spends a lot of time with the elderly and instinctively responds to their needs. He loves little children and would have made a wonderful big brother and will be a great father one day.
A budding photographer, he has inherited my love of crafting and his dad's knack for all things tools and hardware-related. (Mythbusters has nothing on my "boys"). When he isn't drawing, painting, gluing, hammering, burning, or taking things apart, he loves Xbox and is learning to play the guitar. Before he could read, he could figure out all the rules and cheats on video games which always amazed me. I could read and I still couldn't figure out what I was supposed to be doing! Still can't. He has to program all things technical for our household.
After a sixteen year period of not having any children, and desperately wanting a sibling for our equally amazing daughter, we gave up and decided it wasn't meant to be. But, God had a different plan. At age 42, with our only child entering her senior year in high school, we welcomed this little blonde-haired, blue-eyed cherub into our family. I thank God every day of my life for knowing what I needed, when I didn't know and I believe there is a very special plan for this young man. (His "being" saved my life two times while I was pregnant)
Homeschooling while working, with some family challenges, has not been an easy adventure, but it has been an adventure. There have been times when I just didn't think I could go another day juggling everything. But, then I remember that God loaned this beautiful boy to me with the understanding that I would take care of him and nurture him for whatever God has in store for him. If someone had told me 17 years ago that at age 57 I would be homeschooling my 16 year old son, I would have ROFLOL'd, hysterically. Now....I cannot imagine my life without him and I cannot imagine any other life without homeschooling.
Thank you, God, for all my blessings---my husband, my children, and all of my family. Thank You for helping us on this homeschool journey and putting people in our paths when we needed them most for support, encouragement and learning together. Thank You for sending us new lifelong friends along our journey. Thank You for keeping a roof over our heads and food on our table when money has been so tight that I should have worked longer hours, but couldn't and be able to continue to homeschool.
Thank you, my sweet boy, for being just that---my sweet boy.
