The articles listed below are intended to provide home school support group leaders across Texas with information, promote leadership skills, and encouragement. Thank you for your service to home school families.
How to Overcome Being Overwhelmed
Can I Really Do This? Leadership can be overwhelming at times. It seems like everything that was going smoothly suddenly falls apart and we, who love to serve others, are unable to offer another thing!
“Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint” (Isaiah 40:30-31). As we read this, faint seems like an understatement for how we feel! Doubt creeps in. It’s subtle at first; then we miss a deadline or forget an appointment, and the ground beneath us quickly crumbles.
How to Build Your Own Special Needs Support
As our family has home schooled the past nine years, I have encountered many parents who bemoan the lack of a desired support group. Often, they are aware of available support groups that are not the right fit for them or are located too far away for them to participate. Their frustration and disappointment prompt me to suggest that they start a group themselves. The most common response is “ I could never do that!” ...
New Beginnings and Finding Joy
The beginning of the year brings about a time of reflection. As I was pondering all the ups and downs of this past year, I went into my small group class at church. We had spent a little extra time lingering over our study of Revelation last fall, and having just completed this, we began our next study, which is a study of Genesis. I contemplate that it seems so fitting that we would go back to the beginning as the new year begins.
I have spent some time considering new beginnings lately as my children are beginning to get older. It’s difficult when you’ve been a mom for over 20 years: most of my children are grown and the youngest two are not so little anymore. They simply don’t seem to need me like they used to!
