Greek Roots in American Soil

I'm linking up as part of the MOB Society's Boy Mom Blog Hop (#BMBH on Twitter).

Welcome to my blog--Greek Roots in American Soil. I selected that name because I am of Greek descent and was born and raised in the USA.

I blog about family and homeschooling. I first started blogging in 2004 (until 2008) on homeschoolblogger.com, but took a break because I found it was consuming my life. Several years later, I am back to blogging, but with a different expectation of how often I will blog. (Honestly, I prefer to visit other blogs--I learn so much more from reading other blogs than I learn from writing my own!)

When I'm not blogging, I am a wife and a mother to two--18 and 10. We live in a tiny town in NC--it's almost like Mayberry. I am the Director of Marketing for Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. and can honestly and wholeheartedly say, I LOVE MY JOB! I am so very blessed to work for Apologia.

Here is my son. He's 18 and leaving for college. So, why participate in the BMBH? Well, although I *may* have thought at some fleeting moment when I was frustrated over his pile of clothes in the middle of the family room floor, "Hey, he's graduated, my work is done?", our work as his parents, his prayer warriors, his refuge--is not done. I find myself praying even more for him--he's driving on his own--farther distances, going off with friends more, will be traveling over 750 miles away to college. I won't be there at college to yell after him, "Don't walk in the parking lot alone late at night!" , "Drive defensively. Expect the other driver to do something crazy." (Which has happened to him once already.) Yep, my Lego-building, cape wearing, Matchbox carrying, robot crazy little boy may be of legal age, but he continues to need prayer, guidance, and lots of love.

Two of his favorite books were Backyard Ballistics (every boy should make a potato cannon!) and The Hobbit. He loves to read about current events, and I highly recommend that as your boy gets older, you use current events to teach a christian worldview. Help them to read the news and anaylze it--not to take it at face value. I love having conversations with my son about politics. It's even more rewarding when he comes up to me and says, "Hey, do you know that some people still think he's doing a good job and would vote for him again--after he's done ....."

Thank you for visiting my blog during the Mom Boys Blog Hop! Now, onto the next blog . . .