Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Wee Wooden Saints G & H

For this week we are writing the letters G & H, so here are our fellow Wee Wooden Saints that I just finished coloring. As we add them to our collection, it feels like I am creating a little village. What fun!

Saint George
I was trying to make his face look like the one on the icon, but it made him look kind of tired and stern. Oh well. He also made a double for St. Michael without the wings for his feast day yesterday.



Saint Helena of the Cross
Isn't she an adorable woman. She found the actual cross of Jesus at the age of 80! That's just amazing. That is how old my grandmother is, I can't imagine her going off cross country in search of a hidden treasure!




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Homegrown Catholics - Our homeschooling experience

Raising our children at home 24/7 is quite the vocation. It requires inner strength, or as we call it "God's Grace." Each child is taken as a seedling, planted and nurtured right here in our home garden, watered with God's graces. One day God can harvest the fruit and let it sweeten the lives of others.

As a child, I wore a mustard seed with a bible verse [Mark 30-32]around my neck. I pondered the fragility and potential of that little seed. What amazing potential did I have, and now what of the potential of our children!? In high school, my favorite quote was: "When you take the time to do the things you have to do when you have to do them; the time will come when you can do the things you want to do when you want to do them!" - Zig Zigler

So we're taking the time to enrich our childrens' lives, so that they can someday be sent into the world not just as educated citizens - but more so messengers of God. It often takes all my energy and will power to get out of bed each day and have everyone at home depending upon me to entertain with lessons and activities. But I know the end result will be our confidence in knowing we did everything we could to give our children the best Catholic Education WE could provide.

I don't know that I'll ever retire from being a teacher to my family, and I don't want to wait until my husband retires and our children are all grown before we really live our life. Homeschooling allows us to live now, love better now, and give praise and thanks to God now for all that we currently enjoy.

Homegrown Catholics blog is a place for us to share this journey with you. Let it be a resource of renewal and inspiration!

God Bless,
Melissa & Tom
and our growing family


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