The Most Important Thing
Sunday, July 19, 2009
“I need more time with you,” she said looking at me with her big brown eyes.
I was talking with my youngest last May about school for the next year. Although I was homeschooling my oldest in ninth grade my youngest had been attending public school.
“What do you mean?” I asked her. I knew that I spent every minute I possibly could with my girls. But I still had to work. The daily chores had to be done. What did she mean?”
“I just never have enough time with you?” she again with persistence.
But would it ever be enough, I thought initially. There were not enough hours in the day to satisfy me much less my 8 year old.
Then I thought some more.
I had adopted her when she was just turning 3. I had had a babysitter for the first year.
Then she had gone to preschool. The following year she entered kindergarten. Yes, it was true. She never had those baby years….snuggling, long times of being held. It seemed that the pressures of life came on her much too fast.
Maybe we needed to focus on what was most important. Time together.
“So you would like to be homeschooled for third grade?” I asked. Immediately the car was filled with cheers by not only my youngest but also my oldest daughter.
I didn’t know how I would do it. I didn’t know if I could do it and manage a full practice. But I knew that I had to try. Yes, I needed to attempt to give her what she believed she needed.
Well, that was a year ago.
We completed third grade and guess what? She wants to be homeschooled again.
But this time it is different.
I know that somehow we can do it. Yes, we will pull together and juggle those demands together. And we will make sure to take time together.
In the whole spectrum of life, I’m sure that this is a decision that I will never regret.
She was right. Time together is essential.
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