Words of Encouragment

 Not everything is "color de rosa" as we say in Spanish... "Not everything is rosy". Even when we have all the best intentions, life and its turns make some days feel not so great! In those moments we have a few options. I will talk about 3 of the things that help me going in those hard days. Sometimes I use them individually and sometimes I mix two or the three together!!

1. Next to my makeup table, I have two quotes that I read every once in a while. One    of them say : "attitude is everything, pick a good one" and the other one says "
   
   when you feel like quitting, remember why you started."  Discouragement happens to everybody, sometimes because things are not like planned, others because they are taking longer, or because we have self doubts but remember that when there is a will, there is also a way. I think that homeschooling our kids is not an idea we ourselves thought about. I think it's a calling, an inspiration we feel, it is something we have to remember in order to keep motivating us even when the road ahead is not as smooth as we would like. 
2. Sometimes those words or the ones that motivates you don't work, then...We can just rest, have an easy learning day if you still want to feel like you are accomplishing something. There are lots of documentaries, learning show, movies, books where we can find lots of information and have a different "out of the books" kind of day but still working on our homeschool. Just give yourself the time you need while someone else is in charge of the teaching. 
3. NOTHING AT ALL. You can also stop school for that day/days/week. We are not racing with anybody, we are riding the journey with our children and we should do it the best way possible and sometimes the best way possible can't happen and until it can... it's ok!! I promise you the kids will be ok too! Things will be better and school can be back when that happens.

This can be a beautiful journey even with its turns, ups, and downs. Usually for that we need to find the purpose of the ride and the importance of it. It will all be worth it!