Family Gregg

So the Academic Advisor down at the college became super nice directly after she had a copy of our Affidavit to Home School Mcabe in her hand. Nicer than nice. Sugar sweet. A marked difference. What's up with that????????????????

I was nice back.
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Bria got permission to "pass out" of his Sound Design class.

He came to us frustrated and convinced that it was more or less a waste of time & energy to go through the motions of re-ingesting all that has already been ingested in this area of study. He's been at Brad's side all these years...living in a sort of learning by osmosis apprenticeship. He was confident that he knew "if not everything"...well then "at least almost everything"...on the syllabus. He wants to work alongside a group of upper class men...who he's been crewing with for the past year. He's ready to go and feels "held back."


We talked about him being correct in not wanting to waste time...energy and money. About our pride in his initiative and drive...in his leadership qualities.

But we also had to talk about his arrogance. And his cocky attitude.

Missed bulls eye = sin.

Seeing the error of his ways, yet remaining confident in his desires and goals...Bria ...not wanting to communicate disrespect....humbly asked his professor that if he could show that he already had a solid grasp of the material...would it be at all possible to move ahead...skipping this prerequisite course?

She said "yes"...because after having seen his project from last semester she is confident that he is....in fact...able to execute all that will be covered in the syllabus without attending the class.


Yeah!!!!!! He gets to be with the crew of his choice working on projects he is excited about...learned a lesson in humility and strengthened his people skills....all in the same week.

All this to say....none of what we teach them from textbooks at home is worth half as much as the knowledge that they know where they come from...that they know where they would like to go in this world...that they know when they are in the right and when they are in the wrong...and that they know how to communicate their stories along their journeys.

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On another note...Bria had a chat w/a classmate today about "religion." She is not into the rules and regulations of "religion."

Bria isn't either. He told her he believed the Bible to be God's Word.

Talk turned to tattoos.

I guess he used his Jesus tattoo design to witness to her.

Oh, I pray for protection, provision, wisdom, discernment, and strength for our boys. That they would have compassion. That they would receive and extend grace from and to others. That their walks would deepen as they live out their faith obediently.

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Home-Education...unless the Lord builds the house...it's all vanity.

The Lord is so faithful because as parents....we have failed in so many areas. Every which way you turn...one would be able to find a mis-step...a false start...a flub or a wipe-out.

He really does fill in the gaps and restore the years eaten by the locusts.

May we continue to acknowledge Him as our strength when we are weak.

In other words....every single minute of every single hour of every single day of every singel week of every single month of every single year of every single decade.