{"id":20848,"date":"2021-10-08T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.wordpress.com\/?p=20848"},"modified":"2021-10-08T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T04:00:00","slug":"their-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/2021\/10\/08\/their-normal\/","title":{"rendered":"Their Normal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I love how this is their normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/todayslegacy.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/10\/img_9286.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20836\" \/><figcaption>(Helping Eden with her reading comprehension summary)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/todayslegacy.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/10\/img_9287.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20839\" \/><figcaption>(Then Eden copying her summary work into her journal.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>They know school doesn\u2019t look like this for everyone &#8211; some even remembering firsthand what private school looked like in our developing country. (No, private school wasn\u2019t traumatic, but it did give greater depth of gratitude, to the oldest two particularly, to enjoy having the freedom to have a say in some academic foci choices. )<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But I really love how they remember and will remember their schooling together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/todayslegacy.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/10\/img_9283.jpg?w=768\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20837\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Listening to the next youngest reader in the household. Patiently investing when they could be done with their own schooling faster and pursue their own interests. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/todayslegacy.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/10\/img_9284.jpg?w=768\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20838\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>They have seen how others stopped to invest in them. And they are willingly interruptible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/todayslegacy.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/10\/img_8279-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20842\" \/><figcaption>(She tracked down Eden to share a funny part of her reading DVD with her &#8211; and naturally furries were added to the experience.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/todayslegacy.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/10\/img_7692.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20847\" \/><figcaption>(Waiting patiently for her help with a puzzle when it\u2019s easier to do it yourself.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/todayslegacy.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/10\/img_8623.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20843\" \/><figcaption>(Sanding and refinishing the table together.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/todayslegacy.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/10\/img_8625.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20841\" \/><figcaption>(Finishing painting the shelves when Eden grew tired of her turn.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/todayslegacy.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/10\/img_8119.jpg?w=768\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20844\" \/><figcaption>(Inviting Hannah to come explore the anatomy model with her at a little science museum while on vacation in South Africa.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/todayslegacy.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/10\/img_8910.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20846\" \/><figcaption>(Working together to make worm composting bins.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>May the invitation always be open to learn from those older and younger than you, ladies. There is much to learn in slowing down to the pace of another beside you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/todayslegacy.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/10\/img_8670.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20845\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Afterall, it would be sad to miss the hidden blessing of investing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What a privilege of a normal, my ladies. Thank you for using it well. \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love how this is their normal. They know school doesn\u2019t look like this for everyone &#8211; some even remembering firsthand what private school looked like in our developing country. (No, private school wasn\u2019t traumatic, but it did give greater depth of gratitude, to the oldest two particularly, to enjoy having the freedom to have&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/2021\/10\/08\/their-normal\/#more-20848\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,24,40,14,52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-celebrating-life","category-communicating-trust","category-everyday-schooling","category-homeschooling","category-living-in-their-world","clear"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20848\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}