I know exactly what happened. Ten years happened. I was there for all of them, and present for the passage of each unique day. That's how it goes, and all we have is "the present"--a gift, if we remember to see it as such.
Today is a special gift. I'm off work, being lazy, and listening to the thunder crash and the soft rain falling outside the bedroom window. This might be Chilly kitten's first rainfall! He's sitting by the screen, looking out at the leaf-covered ground; the last thunder crash made him poof up mightily and look at me with his great round eyes. It feels like the kind of storm that happens on the East Coast, but not so often here. I love the smell of rain!
Emily didn't want to return to the junior academy for her 10th grade year, and it feels too early for her to go to boarding school. I related the angst that went into deciding where she should be educated this year in an earlier post, so I won't revisit the subject. This year she's homeschooling again, for the last time.
Sophomore subjects are: English language arts, Algebra II, Chemistry, French II, Art, Music, Drivers' ed and training, and P.E. Emily attends "Beyond Basic" classes three mornings a week for English, Algebra, and Chemistry. She'll also have an art class there, but for now art is with our good friend Shona. Music is covered by violin and piano, plus our new little community handbell choir. P.E. will be swimming with TCA when it resumes in October. For now P.E. is exercise in any form, whenever she does it. French II is an online course (with an instructor) called "Power Speak", and I think she's doing well with it. Drivers' Ed is also online, and after she has her permit, it will include lessons with the local driving school.
Now, I will get off the computer and enjoy the thunder and lightning show on this warm and rainy day!
