Lovely Spring

Oh, how I love this time of year. Everywhere you look are signs of new life. Buds on the trees, flowers blooming, birds chirping and the most delicious smells meet me as I walk out into my front garden. What a beautiful gift the Lord has given us with Spring. The dreary time of winter is over, the sun warms our hearts and our attitudes. I think the beauty of the flowers is what gets me the most excited. All the gorgeous colors, shapes and variety of plants are amazing. I spent the last weeks longing to get my hands in the rich soil and lovingly play with these beautiful floral creations of His. I am so blessed. I am able to spend this next two months doing what I love for work. Creating gardens of beauty for others, and teaching others how to create their own is fabulous to me. I am teaching a field biology class and am learning as much as the class is while we explore God's magnificent world. I am creating my own classification book with photographs I've taken, identified and then placed in a Creation Camp scrapbook.

Another wonderful part of spring for me is looking towards the end of this school year, and planning for next year. I love this time! Creating a lesson plan, gathering all the supplies together, writing Unit Studies and deciding what we will do, gives me such a thrill. Sam will be in 10th grade this coming year. I have been working on this plan for most of the year. Tweaking, bending, and exploring his options. This is probably the last year that we will school completely at home, so I am careful to make sure I've covered everything correctly, and am adding in anything that I really want us to do this next year before he starts taking those outside steps to independence. I have found that God still drives my little yellow bus, and I am so thankful to be able to rely on Him to guide me on this journey. It amazes both Sam and myself when all the eclectic things I have Sam doing combine to travel one path. What a gift it is to be able to teach our children. I'm sure there are many days you all feel as I do-not feeling the gift thing! Yet, He gives us new energy each day we ask so that we may continue on this amazing quest of knowledge. I can say I have learned a tremendous amount, just in getting Sam's lessons arranged and ready for him. I have about two and 1/2 years left, and I know it is going to fly right by, and before too long-he will be receiving his diploma and moving on to the next step in his walk with our precious Lord.

Spring-a new beginning, that arrives over and over again. It takes my breath away each and every time, as if I've never seen it before. As I stand amongst His glorious creation, I cannot help but be amazed by the thought He put into every detail when He painted the earth upon His canvas. Thank you Father, for your beautiful gift.