March 4, 2007
Lies, Lies, Lies, yeah ...
We had a local homeschooling conference yesterday. Just for the day, 9-3. That was a nice little time slot for a conference. It's the first local one, and that was neat.
The Keynote speaker was Todd Wilson from Familyman Ministries. Although I'd heard of him, seen some comics, and knew he had some books, I had no idea he was so funny. It was like a homeschool keynote and a stand up comedian (a good one!) rolled into one.
His first talk was about Lies Homeschooling Moms Believe. I sort of cried through that one. Not that it wasn't funny. It was. But it also really hit home. Of the lies he listed, I found one or two that I was willing to admit, with him, were lies. The rest? Apparently I totally believe them. Not for you, I'd tell you they were lies. But I think they're true about me. I don't have time to psychoanalyze all that right now, plus I'd just cry again. But I did get the book, so I can keep thinking about these supposed lies and take them before the Lord. I do know that's what you're supposed to do if you find you believe a lie.
Or many.
Anyway, it was a great little conference, and not only did I enjoy the 4 talks I heard, and learned something in each, I also stayed awake, without caffeine, for the whole thing. Which is nothing short of a miracle; I'm sure you know that about me by now.
Now the challenge is to see if I can do the same thing at church* this morning. Staying awake two whole days in a row? I'm not sure I'll make it. It's a tough life, I lead.
*This bears no reflection on the quality of church, mind you. We have dynamic worship and excellent, challenging messages. It is simply a reflection of my chronic sleep deprivation.
Posted by Kim at March 4, 2007 7:19 AMDear Kim,
The thing I think he didn't say (and maybe it is in his book) is that sometimes the lies are half true. For example, my house may be cleaner than yours but does that really matter? In the long run when we are trying to produce Godly children of character, is it going to matter that I had less dust in my house? I think you have to look at the "lies" and then look at your priorities and say "it is okay that my children are eating those icy pops that are nothing but sugar and water (of which by the way I found four of in the freezer when I was looking for something else!). It is not really affecting my goal of a good relationship between myself and the child and God."
And I need to look at my priorities and decide whether or not I'm spending too much time on cleaning and not enough on enjoying the children.
Gotta Go!
Karen
That song...it's done by the Thompson Triplets, right? ;-)
I'm glad you enjoyed your conference. I think you should blog about some of the lies that he mentioned.
Good afternoon Miss Kim. :) I hope that you are doing well today. I am glad you enjoyed the homeschooling conference. I have never been to one and have been homeschooling for 11 years! *gasp* LOL And, had tons of books on it and was researching it the six years before that. (thinking I was going to be able to homeschool my sons)
Congratulations on your five-mile WATP! How awesome. I do like that one quite a bit, but limit myself to how much I'll do it so I don't burn out with that "where do I go now since I've done the max you can do" feeling. Some weeks I do three, and others more, but usually at least three miles about once or twice a week. (I do many other things on the other days)
Praying that you will have a lovely day! Hugs, Robin
Posted by: Robin at March 5, 2007 1:06 PMStay awake two days in a row? Sounds too difficult for me. I'm a serious napper, as you know.
Posted by: Linda at March 5, 2007 2:51 PMI would like to hear more about the lies too.
Posted by: Shari at March 5, 2007 3:45 PM
