Homeschooling Blog Post 4# Accustomed to Those Stares

We have been homeschooling for 8 years now and have grown accustomed to those stares. Those stares that say "why aren't you in school"? or those stares that say "oh you're homeschooled" with a gruff voice. Before we started homeschooling, when I was in private school K-2 like any other kid I would be going to school from 8:00-3:00 get out of school and wouldn't be out in public until the afternoon and evening or the weekends it was normal for me, but when we first started homeschooling we had the freedom to go out in public and do things when we want to even though some homeschoolers feel they don't go out during school hours we do. We can go to Walmart at 10:00 in the morning or go to the thrift store at 2:00 in the afternoon it doesn't matter. At first those stares were weird and annoying I'd ask my mother "why do they keep staring at me"? her reply "because it is during school hours and they think your not at school". we were taught really soon that if we were asked "why aren't you in school"? our reply would be "I'm homeschooled". if they argued or asked more questions we would tell them to go to the parent we were with.    

We were at water-burger one day when one lady sitting in the booth next to us started to complain and say why aren't those kids in school? I knew where this was going to go. Margery and I looked at mommy she gave us the cue to just eat our chicken strips and say nothing. She mentioned "what are they home schooled?" they must be well they are doomed especially the oldest Look at the youngest there she might actually be able to have hope I was staring to brew inside and she carried on the man with her started to ask her to lay off  and mind your own business people started to stare by this point we were not doing anything wrong why should she worry? we finished up and went to the truck I asked mommy why she said nothing and she replied "it would have done no good she would have gotten worse, plus sitting there and behaving yourself will change her mind"
I learned that day that being silent and minding your own business can make a bigger impact than you think on people.

 We still get those stares. Not too long ago we went to the pharmacy to pick a med up and the lady checking us out kept staring at us. We are much older now since we sat in water-burger that one day. At times those stares come more often we always fear having CPS showing up at our doorstep but luckily we have HSLDA  (Home-School Legal Defense Association) with a lawyer a phone call away.

So as I said We are accustomed to those stares and for us we are more prepared for such Water-Burger outbreaks.

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying God Bless,Be Joyful and don't forget to Pray!



      

Sitting in the Chapel

I love sitting in the chapel at any church that has my Lord in the Eucharist. I feel a presence there that calms me and oh, how I love hearing those messages from God, St. Teresa and Joy along with other heavenly voices. I feel indeed the presence of  our Lord with his angels all around me. All those feelings that weigh me down leave me when I am with my Lord!

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying God Bless, Be Joyful and don't forget to Pray!

My Guardian Angel's Name

For those of you who read a previous blog post about Guardian angels and how I pray to mine more often. I mentioned that I would name mine and her name is.... JOY! that's right I just love that name I write to her in my Journal at times which is more often. She must be protecting me like yesterday after being in a state of not feeling safe and glued to my mothers arm. Joy helped me walk into the parish center it did bring a toll on me, but I seemed more calm. Not only did I face my fear of going into the parish center I actually found out what my guardian angels name is. So there you have it!

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying God bless, be Joyful and don't forget to Pray! 

Facebook?

OK, my story begins back in February 2011. I was speaking to a woman who in my opinion had the mindset of a new age woman. She informed me that I was not Socialized enough but that day she was talking about social networks (i.e. Face book Twitter and My Space) she harped on me about it for an hour. It seemed like that alright, maybe thirty minutes it was long to say the least. She asked me if I did face book (that one was her favorite) no, I said. Do your parents have one? Yes, I said Daddy only checks his every two months and Mommy only for birthdays. Why do you not have one? Oh, that is right your parents are sheltering you to much. I bit my lip and gripped the chair hard.

You can talk to all your friends you would like that. I replied I do not have any I felt that at the time I only had my Family and two or three people I considered mentors, but now that is not true. I mentioned security protocol. At the age of twelve, I got involved with someone, who said they were fifteen it started to get fishy once they identified my picture from the newspaper and they were out of state so it was obvious they looked me up. My mother informed me that I was not to get involved with any kind of chatting groups for as long as I was under her roof.

She said in return well the security is very strict no one could ever slip by and harm you. I was still gripping the chair. For the remainder of our talk she kept raving about it and said that I should get a face book account.

I ignored her request but a month later when she was part of my past. I thought I would just get one it should not be so bad. The first day I added five friends my parents and three cousins I will admit that I was able to look at photos of my cousins I hadn’t seen in years and kept up to date with them. I found half of my cousins and most of my neighbors. The most friends I ever got was 50-55 but there was so many to the point that I could barely keep up to date with them. I didn’t write much on my page to begin with I felt I was someone who was boring. The only time people would flock to my page is whenever I had a prayer intention, which was good, but that only happened twice. Another thing was most of my friends were adults. I have no problem with that, but I found their pages more engaging. The people who were teenagers like me all they wrote about was things that were lame in my opinion they posted pictures that were red flags to me like taking pictures with manikins or of their belly. In addition, the grammar and spelling were so poor my little 8-year-old sister could put them to shame. I was glued to the computer more than usual and all I talked about was other people who said this and that on their page. It was an addiction for me. I could tell my mother did not like it she did not say anything though. I only had a face book account from late may to early to mid august and during that time I was not feeling good I was going through some major changes in my life for the better. Most of all my spiritual life was suffering greatly I didn’t pray very much and I made the decision to stop cold turkey for the better mostly for my prayer life which I felt needed to be a top priority for me.

So in mid august I chose to delete my face book account immediately I felt like I had climbed out of a dark hole, which had me swallowed up. I have learned to listen to no advice that Louise gave me. My neighbor that afternoon had asked me why I was not on face book I just said well isn’t that funny with a laugh and never mentioned it again she brought it up one more time I didn’t say anything she has not brought it up since then. I am not the average teenager it shows on the outside for sure.

Whenever I met someone in the past especially teens they would ask first thing do you have a face book, twitter or my space. I used to say no and when I did have one yes, but now whenever someone will ask me that I will say in reply. No I have joined a different network it would make yours look like nothing and if they ask, what is it? I will just say it’s called “The Pray Way” by then they will probably be laughing in reply I will say I’ve got millions of friends called the saints and it’s ran by this COOL guy named God and you know what my prayer life won’t suffer with this network it actually thrives. I can almost guarantee I will be the one laughing not them.

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying, God bless, be joyful, and don’t forget to Pray!

Do dogs go to Heaven?/ My Pledge/Looking at the Sunset

Now you might be wondering what this blog post is about. The title may sound odd or funny, but you might learn a lesson. For me, it is a lesson and it does count for school. No, I did not do research and yes, I am doing my homework. Mostly, I am praying about it now.

A friend asked me this question today, “Do dogs go to Heaven?” Now this friend was laughing when he said it and I know he was joking with me, but it helped me learn a lesson. It made me laugh a little, smile a lot, and will help me pray more often. 

What did I learn?

Although an adult asked this question, its probably asked more often by children, who can sometimes shock and amaze with their spiritual insights. I wonder how they do it? Maybe its because they have a special connection with God and the angels.  

Speaking of angels (though they are neither man nor woman, I refer to my Guardian Angel as a girl), I came home from church last Sunday night and found a piece of paper on my bedside table. Now just like the question, it made me laugh and smile a lot. This is what it said…

My Pledge: I promise to always tell you what you want to hear. To always, understand you. I am not here to be your conscience. I am here to be your special friend who you can tell your feelings. I will never yell. You can name me. I hope my smile will cheer you up when you are sad. I shall always be there no matter what.  ________________________________    

That night I was down but this cheered me up and I remembered I had a Guardian Angel who watches over me. I need to acknowledge her more often, to ask her for help. The next morning I investigated to find out who wrote this. It was my little sister Veronica; she is just a child and amazes me. I hear her at night saying the guardian angel prayer. Oh, how close she must be to that Guardian Angel of hers. My Guardian Angel deserves to be acknowledged. She sure has been keeping me in line the past few years. She has to!

 

Looking at the Sunset

The sunset is so beautiful to look at. I watched the sun go down this past Tuesday night and looked back to when I was little. I used to wonder if the angels spent all day painting the sunset for people like me to admire. 

That slip of paper means so much to me that I will frame it and hang it on my wall. First, I need to write my Guardian Angel’s name in the blank on the paper, which I will announce in a future blog post.

Tonight I will kneel down, pray to my Guardian Angel, and thank her for the good job she has done watching over me! In addition, I will ask my Guardian Angel that question, “Do dogs go to Heaven?” Who knows, she just might give me the answer!

Until next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa saying, God bless, be joyful and do not forget to pray!    

P.S. Thank You Professor Veronica for teaching me something. I bet you did not know you had a degree in teaching your big sister something useful! And thanks Fr. Richard for helping me connect the dots!

Time's a Ticking

Just a friendly reminder that this Thursday September 29th is the deadline for sending in your suggestions for future blog posts!

Until Next time this is Mylea Janis Teresa Saying God Bless, Be Joyful and Don't Forget to Pray!



Future Blog Posts Suggestions

OK, after a Interesting weekend and acting like a SCARED and a little TRAUMATIZED on Monday.  The past three days have consisted of picking myself up and trying to not be Isolated so life should be more calm for who knows how long and if the only thing that has bothered me today is the pesky insect who felt he had to bug me all during adoration and getting bug juice on the page of my book.

hmm...

I wonder if the devil can pester you in the form of a knat?. 

!anyway! 

  I'm just fine so now what will I be doing next? Getting back into...

BLOGGING MODE!

That's right I already have 8 topics or blog posts lined up.

But I want to satisfy my Readers so give me your suggestions you can reach me at...

myleajanisteresa@gmail.com 

Let me know your suggestions the deadline is a week from today that way I can start planing and Writing for the new blog posts. 

One last thing one of my readers mentioned I should do a blog post with a list of Liberal and Non Liberal Catholic sites. That is in the works and will be posted in the future. 

Until Next Time this is Mylea Janis Teresa Saying God Bless, Be Joyful and Don't forget to Pray!