Dear Lord,
I’m grouchy today, and so are the kids. We’ve been spoiled by two weeks of indulgence and now we have to get back to our school work. Silent letters, telling time, triple-digit division, novel writing… The children are already on my nerves and I’ve only had one cup of coffee. Why don’t they love school like I do? They are whiny, and so am I. Have mercy on us. I even had to muzzle the dog.
Lord, I pray that I don’t lose my cool and run from the house screaming. I pray the children do their best instead of throwing toddler fits on the floor over one more assignment. And when they throw their toddler fits, Lord, help me not to snatch them up by their ears and throw them over my knee, because we’re better than that, even when they act like fools.
Give me a kind voice and a patient spirit when they complain, for even I must refrain from toddler fits and thrashing around on the floor.
And when we reach spring break and lose all composure, grant us a second wind to carry on through May.
From the heart of a homeschooling mom in graduate school –
Amen.