Why we left a great Christian school we loved to do school at home.
This past May closed several sweet and special chapters for our family. Evelyn finished 1st grade and said goodbye to the sweet "little campus". Elah finished 5th grade and said farewell to elementary school. I finished my 3rd year teaching and said goodbye to a classroom of sweeties. And, our family said goodbye to the school we have loved and been so engrossed in for the past 8 years. It is hard to even put into words the range of emotions I've felt the past few weeks. So much excitement for things completed and new things to come. Joy in celebrating accomplishments and relationships. But also heartaches of leaving the place that we have loved so much and that has loved us so well.
We all know that time is fleeting and it is finite. While some days and even seasons seem to last forever, we always look back on it when its over and wonder where it went. Russell and I have always been aware of time passing so quickly but it laid heavy on us around the time Elah turned 10 and we realized we now have less time with her in our house than we've already had. 8 years. Thats it. 8 years to teach, impart, experience and influence. So many things to do, places to go, conversations to have and so little time to do it. Factor in hours each day spent at school, and then activities, and then doing homework and practicing and sleep... very little time is left to parent.
Russell and I began to feel the Lord urge us to a unique and "different" plan of His that would give us the gift of time with our girls. At first I didn't want to listen because this seemed too "different" from what our plans were and what we had come very comfortable with and fond of. We love HA. And we know the Lord brought us to here for a reason 8 years ago and that it is a special place that will teach, love, develop, and encourage our girls to "Fulfill their God-given purpose." God brought us to HA and has blessed our time here so immensely, I couldn't understand why He would lead us away. But I kept hearing Him whisper "Trust me. I know the plans I have for you."
So after much prayer and consideration, we finally decided to listen to our Father and submit to His plans for our family. We will miss the wonderful school environment and people we love so much at HA. But we are so very excited and thankful for the unique opportunity and adventure that doing school at home for a while will provide our family. We look forward to new experiences and for the extra TIME together during this season. I'm trusting Him and receiving this gift and praying for direction every day. I know He has things to show and teach us in this season. I know there will be good days and challenging days. I know there will be many days that I'll miss our school at HA. But I know God wouldn't have lead us here without a reason. And I am so excited to see what He has in store for our family.
For His Glory.
Romans 11:36
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