"Who gets up early to discover the moment light begins?" ~ Rumi I was out there at 6 AM. The only light I saw was the moon's shining through moving cloud openings. I walked down to the end of the driveway to dump the ash bucket and saw snow plow lights in the distance west on County E. I could hear blade on blacktop when I first stepped out. There was a dusting of snow on the deck. Enough to pack down and make the roads slippery I suppose. It was 32 when I woke up. That's 60 degrees warmer than the temperatures we were having a week ago. I don't have anything big planned today. Just do the usual chores around our place and be around my family. I get that luxury with the kids not in school. Sometimes it's unusual though. My son is 16. Daughter 13. When I was their age, back in the late 80's early 90's I didn't want to be home or around my family. I was out getting in trouble with my friends. . . .for the most part. I was telling a woman at work yesterday that I was fortunate the state didn't remove me from my family. My grandpa, when I first moved in with him and my grandma, told me the song "I fought the law, and the law won" reminded him of me. I tell people this, and they can't imagine me doing that. My kids, as far as I can tell, have no desire to do any of that. I think they're more adult than I was. They have a desire to learn what they want to learn. I never had that luxury. It was learn what I had to learn to get passing grades so I wouldn't be a failure in life. I atleast had to get my high school diploma so I didn't fall under "drop out" status. Which I managed to do. It wasn't that I couldn't do the work, I just wasn't interested. Towards the end of high school I would study and get decent grades on certain tests to see if I could do it. I had to show myself that I could do it. That I wasn't a dummy. Anyway, the hope I have for my kids is that they become lifelong learners. Learning is fun. And I think, now more than ever, given the speed of change through technologic escalation being a life long learner is the way to be. That's it for now. I hope you have a great day. Morning Fire 117 2.6.27' #gm #coffeechain #homeschooling #parenting #soul