My kids are the light of my life. I would never have imagined I could love someone as much as I love my children. When my husband and I were married, we didn't really talk about having kids, we just decided one day that if it happened it would be ok. After being married about eight years, I became pregnant with our first son, then four and one-half years later, along came our second son. How exciting ! We thought this was a perfect family but I had envisioned us as having one more child. God surprised us once again, but this time it was our daughter. With each child I silently wondered how I could have enough love for all my kids, but God just makes it happen.
We try to be the best parents we can be. Of course, we want only the best of everything for our kids. We don't always do the right things or say the right things as parents, lets face it, wouldn't it have been nice to have a manual appear when your children are born? It is nice to have a little help along the way.
One thing we both agreed on when our first son turned three, our lives were missing something, we needed to find a church that fit our family. I actually saw an ad in the paper for a private Christian school. I couldn't get it out of my mind and I truly think that God pointed us in the right direction. We went to visit the school and met the Pastor there and we were just drawn to it.
I grew up going to church every Sunday and my husband didn't, so for us to decide that this was the place for our family ,was such a blessing. My oldest son is now going into 5 th grade, my middle son is going into kindergarten and my daughter will be following in their footsteps. We have made many good friends, our kids have learned to grow in their faith ,my husband and I have grown in our faith and we have learned to encourage our kids and let them be confident.
I do get frustrated when people ask me why we would want to pay tuition to go to school when they can go to the public school for free. I simply tell them it is because I want them to get a Christian foundation to start. In the world we live in today, I think we all need to examine how we teach our kids to respect their faith, themselves and all the people around them and if w can get help to do this then we need to follow the direction that God has pointed out.
I truly believe that God points us in the direction he believes we should follow but ultimately it is our decision whether or not we follow it.
