Maridel Willer

Want to get started homeschooling this year on the right track? 

Would you love to spend an afternoon–or a week–with another homeschool mom and plan out the details of your school year? Wouldn’t it be great to have someone take you step-by-step through planning out your goals, choosing techniques for teaching those new studies, deciding upon your curriculum selections, setting up your daily schedule, and fitting in REAL LIFE?

You can do it all from the comfort of home this weekend with my dear friend, Cindy Rushton, at her “Let’s Get Organized” Virtual Seminar.  Find out how to join us on line here.

As you may know, I am resting and healing after fracturing a bone in my arm a couple of weeks ago.  It has slowed down my writing for a bit…one handed typing is SO cumbersome!

I wanted to share a couple of things that I have been thinking about during this unplanned period of “rest”.  

An interesting thing about my injured arm is how perfect and whole it appears on the outside with no sign of defect.  Yet, underneath the perfect exterior, it is broken on the inside and unable to perform what it was designed to do.
 
My perfect looking broken arm reminds me of my life before Christ.  I looked successful on the outside, but something was definitely missing and broken on the inside.  How grateful I am to have been made whole and complete in Him.

This week, I am really learning the value of having a flexible family routine in place in our home.  Even though I am now only able to perform a fraction of my normal daily responsibilities, all of the day to day chores and activities are still running like clockwork.

It is such a blessing to see how my dear children have stepped in to be mommy’s “left hand” and continued our daily and weekly plans.  The house is clean and in order, the laundry is caught up, and we have kept right on track with schoolwork… amazing!

Would you like some suggestions on putting together a workable daily routine for your family?  The Get Organized workshop package has lots of great tips for bringing order to your life and home.  This bundle includes audios, e-books and forms to help you pull it all together.  Get Organized is available for a 50% off for a limited time. 

If you are working on becoming a better steward of your family’s time, I would love to hear how you are implementing the “Family Routine” ideas in your home, and would like to include your examples in my upcoming book on that topic.   Share your ideas or routine examples by dropping me a line at  Maridel (at) MaridelWiller.com.