Well, it has been quite some time, again, since I have been here...not much AT ALL going on with the wait for Laci...we are just waiting...still...BUT I see more every day that this is part of His plan....usually I know this...but there are times, sometimes minutes or hours but sometimes days, when I get impatient and just want our daughter and think this COULD be the perfect time, couldn't it?? Well, nope. Now is not the time.
We have started something so new and foreign to us...I guess foreign is new...Georgia Cyber Academy. Homeschooling with teacher support and programs that follow the Georgia public school system. YIKES, I never said I thought it would be easy and it hasn't been. Both Jason and I chose this because we wanted Jacob to love school AND learning again, without the tears and outbursts that were happening more and more frequently in a typical brick and mortar setting. (This isn't about the school, we LOVE the school where he spent Kindergarten through third grade!) This GCA, part of the K12 program has the potential to be everything Jacob needs to thrive- and to thrive in his own way. True, it is going to take me spending time with him as his "Learning Coach" and that means until he is more independent, we do almost all of the work side-by-side. But that is a VERY small price to pay to remove the stress and anxiety from his days (and mine) as much as possible, without catering to his every whim (don't get me wrong, we are NOT doing that for sure!)...and we have already come so far since last Monday, when we began THIS new journey.
So, I realize yet again, that there is a plan and it isn't exactly the way I think it should be sometimes but turns out, it really is the right way. I cannot fathom getting ready to bring home Laci in the next 6 months, while trying to work out the kinks in this new venture of cyber schooling. I have not even read the latest newsletter, which was available as of August 15th, as last month I was heartbroken at what I read. It rocked my world...and not in a good way. I had begun to believe things were moving at a faster pace, and they were/ are, but not exactly for us since we are SO far down the list of waiting families. I can wait. I will wait. We are going to China, to bring home our daughter. I know this. Jacob knows this. Jason knows this. Until it is our time, we will take it day by day and be thankful for all we have, here and on the other side of the world :O)
What a Month......will get ya!!!!
15 years ago
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K-12 is an awesome curriculum. That's what I used when I homeschooled Ethan. Let me know if you need any help I'll be more then happy to assist. Homeschooling, even within the GA Cyber program can be a very daunting task, but it is such a good experience and he will gain so much from the time you two spend together. Plus he can go at HIS pace. :)
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