Unexpected hereditary stuff...

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So evidently, I sneeze just like my maternal grandmother did, and every time I sneeze, I remind my mother of her.  Who knew that sneezing methods could be passed down through the generations?

Sadly, I never met this wonderful woman who died before my mother got married.  I never met my maternal grandfather either, and he died before my uncle even started college!  My uncle is 8 years younger than my mother.

Speaking of my uncle, he and my mother are SO alike, it's not even funny.  One instance was when my uncle was shivering at the ice rink because he was waiting in shorts and a t-shirt.  He shivered JUST LIKE MY MOM DOES. Weird... I mean it's really cool scientifically, but how in the world does that work?  They've only seen each other for a total of 11 weeks (half of which was spent conquering 12-hour jet lag) in the past twenty-one (21) years!  My uncle is like the male clone of my mother physically, psychologically, emotionally, verbally, etc.  How do they do that being 8 years apart?! It boggles my mind.  The worst part is that they don't even think or know so!

Mizzoria~

DIY Glow-in-the-darks

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I am so totally doing that when we go camping next........ and of course, if my Mother dear allows us to purchase Mountain Dew.  I wonder if it works with other toxic beverages...

Mizzoria~

New HSs and HS

I'm really really excited!!

There's a family in our church, with a rising freshman daughter and rising 1st-grader son, who are about to start homeschooling... maybe even this year!!

New Homeschoolers and Highschooler!

I praise God for implanting the willingness FIRST in the Asian father, to have his children trained up in the ways of the LORD at home.  Too many families have I seen where the immigrant father wanted his American children to be Nobel Peace/Chemistry/Biology/Physics/etc. Prize Winners or at least entrants of an Ivy League School and failed to build up the character and spirit of his children.

I praise God for the humility and strength of the mother's heart, to admit that she was not capable of raising up her children in academics, but her faith in God leading her children regardless!  English is not her native language and none of the subjects (except maybe mathematics) will be simple to teach to a highschooler.  She is a brave woman... much like mother... especially to start her child at an older age!!

And finally, I praise God for the submission in the daughter's heart.  She has no objection whatsoever to be homeschooled.  I had a close friend in my childhood, who was homeschooled for only one year, because she refused to stay "unsocialized'.  Today, she does not follow Christ any longer.  And recently, another girl (actually, friend to this girl who will be starting homeschool soon) went through the same year of tension and strife with her parents.  Albeit, the father's primary goal for bring the second girl home was to boost her math grades, the chance to easily raise the child properly was dashed.

BUT - praise God, this family desires to please Him and raise warriors for Christ.  I'm on the verge of tears as I see this happen so infrequently in my community, a community where homeschooling is so desperately needed.  I'm really excited to join this family on their journey, help them select curriculum, and most importantly pray that the family would persevere through this road in life.

HALLELUJAH!

Mizzoria~