Join Hands

When my little butterfly (third of 4 daughters) was seven, she wrote a poem that was published in the Sunday newspaper.

I treasured her poem in my heart... as I treasured its meaning in my intentions... as I worked to develop this little darling into the woman God wanted her to become.  She wrote it the year our family began an adventure in home education that would last for over 14 years. 

One night, near the end of our first week of school-at-home, I announced to my prince that I had fallen in love with our children all over again.  The first 3 girls had been launched each morning onto a bus for several years, and the school had become their family for most of the day, the teachers were the daytime mommy, the bus drivers the aunts and uncles, the classmates the siblings.  But I didn’t know this until that first week...the week we joined our hands, our hearts, and our heads...the week our home became school...the week God became principal, Mom and Dad teachers, and Siblings became classmates  -- and friends for a lifetime.

My little butterfly was the middle child...quiet, determined, sometimes looking a little lost in her quietness. This little girl loved touch, so we hugged a lot. We invented hugs for every occasion. That is how I made sure she was noticed and acknowledged.  She was and still is the best hugger I know.  And you know what else? She became a pediatric nurse when she grew up, attending to little children in the same hospital where she was born.

You, who are teaching little people... hear ye , 
hear ye!

Look for those little sparks of interest in your children and gently blow on them, giving  them oxygen and fuel, remembering always that there are three major roles in your task and each one must do his/her own part. 

God. You. The child.
Each joins in the great and awesome project of taking the little sparks which join other little sparks to create a flame.

I love you, Vanessa!

My little butterfly hugging her niece.

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