{"id":23313,"date":"2022-09-28T22:06:23","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T04:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=23313"},"modified":"2022-09-29T15:25:31","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T21:25:31","slug":"facing-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2022\/09\/facing-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Letting go"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our kids are well beyond the kindergarten stage, so why have I kept their school papers all these years?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Denial that they are grown and gone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nostalgia for those sweet days with our kids<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Avoiding emotions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These papers are proof that I accomplished something as a home educator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NO MORE. This week I got rid of nearly all my children&#8217;s home school papers, saving just a few things that make my heart flip. I have emptied several shelves this week, yet somehow the bookcases are still full. My random piles of books are finding homes on the empty shelves, and I am gaining momentum in my ability to part with things. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Educating my children was a big part of my life, so this process of parting with papers is emotional. I have learned that most children are not sentimental about their school projects, so there is no need to save much. I know now that whatever I save is mainly for me. Understanding this has made the process much easier. I remind myself that I don&#8217;t need every writing sample, but I would like a few pages of each child&#8217;s writing and some special projects and art. This script made it possible for me to part with several armloads of paper and workbooks, which I lowered into the garbage can, carefully, as I would into a grave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It occurs to me that keeping a small, curated collection is a greater tribute to these years than a bunch of binders bursting with paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After each session of cleaning, I comfort myself by reading or cross stitching. All these realizations and diversions help me to face the task of letting go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/PXL_20220929_031024283-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/PXL_20220929_031024283-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23314\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/PXL_20220929_031024283-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/PXL_20220929_031024283-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/PXL_20220929_031024283-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/PXL_20220929_031024283-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/PXL_20220929_031024283-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>I&#8217;m almost finished with this one. Do you recognize it? It is based on a Klimt painting called The Kiss. I love the colors.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our kids are well beyond the kindergarten stage, so why have I kept their school papers all these years? Denial that they are grown and gone Nostalgia for those sweet days with our kids Avoiding emotions These papers are proof that I accomplished something as a home educator. NO MORE. This week I got rid &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2022\/09\/facing-it\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Letting go<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,20,45,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homeschooling","category-life-according-to-angela","category-miniature-masterpieces","category-motherhood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23313"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23342,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23313\/revisions\/23342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}