Funny how some ideas keep coming back to you isn’t it? Cindy’s post about Little Grains of Sand is one of them.  It is easy to get sidetracked by the incredible projects and studies that abound in cyberspace. It is easy to underestimate your own efforts and find them lacking in comparison. In your frustration you may forget that:

"Little drops of water
Little grains of sand
Make the mighty ocean
And the beauteous land"

I reminded myself of this very thing lately.  Reality is there are many claims made on my time on a given day. There is little left over for Barnum and Bailey homeschooling. I cling to the promise that time spent reading aloud, snatches of poetry recited together, and short but heartfelt discussions are planting seeds which in time – perhaps a good deal of time – will mature into a glorious garden.

Once again we have resurrected Morning Time.  Not day-long, teacher-led lessons and no elaborate commentary. Just art, music, lit, scripture and us. : ) A welcome oasis to invigorate and encourage. Something to chew on as we do the dishes and fill the water buckets later in the day. Hopefully, something to inspire and light our paths as we journey towards heaven together.