Here we are at the beginning of 2012. This is a good time to think about what we will be doing this year.

At the top of the list we must think about our relationships with our children. In the busyness of the culture we live in this is often overlooked.  When our children are small we naturally have their hearts but as they grow older things and/or people steal their hearts from us. We must be vigilant in the work of keeping their hearts. Once we have lost their hearts it is even harder to regain them.

So as you and I make our plans for 2012 we need to think about our relationship with each of our children (no matter how old they are). Do we have their hearts? What can we be doing to keep their hearts? What can we be doing to regain their hearts?

I trust this will be helpful as you seek to keep or regain the hearts of your child/children. We have been home educating our children for over 30 years and I still need to be reminded of these things and I am still working hard on them.

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