Gracie is 7

Gracie is 7 today!  How on earth is that possible, my baby is 7. 

Wow!  6 started out really tough.  There were days that I was not sure we were going to make it to 7 in one piece.  I have shared here before of the issues we have struggled through with Gracie.  Anxiety, separation issues, anger…

I am so thankful for the way that 6 ended.  It is amazing what 12 months, a ton of patience, a little reading, and lots, lots and lots of prayer can do. 

Homeschooling was the best choice.  No it has not been easy but it has been worth it.  It was a bit of a rough slow start but she has come to see that if she settles in and gets to work she can have the rest of the day to play. 

We go to bible study on Thursday and she loves it now.  That was a tough start too.  She did not want to be away from me for even that 2 hour time period.  Her wonderful teachers pulled her off of me each week for over a month until she made up her mind that we would continue to go and that it was actually fun.

Homeschool her has taught me other things about my girl that I did not realize.  She has a need to get out there are burn some energy.  When she can’t concentrate make her go bike for 15 minutes and she will do it with all her might and be back in to work.  She needs 6 little meals a day.  I knew this but had not thought about how that could make a school day really hard for her.  She loves tools, especially power tools, and she is good with them.  She loves to spend time in the shop with daddy when he is home.

What a girl may Gracie Anne is!  I am thankful that the Lord gave her to us.  She has taught us much.  She has tried my patience but yet she is my sweetest little hugger.  She is all about pink, sparkles and froo-froo.  Yet she is one tough cookie when she needs to be.  She is very sensitive in many ways.  She loves her Jesus very much, that is the best thing for a mom to be able to say.