The Cox Family

Another week has come and gone. I'm already entering week 3 of this 11 week term at school and kicking myself. As I write this, I realize we are all human. We all make mistakes. I accept what I did or didn't do, however I also realize that when paying for an education, you expect certain things. The things I expect are: instructors who practice what they preach open communication from the school and all who they employ instructions that do not leave the student wondering what they are supposed to be doing.  Instead of my expectations, I have gotten:  instructors who do not even bother with hosting a welcome to class session.  instructors who do not believe in holding one one-hour session per week to provide an opportunity for the students to gather context into their assignments instructors who do not communicate regularly an increase in the feeling of not knowing what I am doing.  As a result, I misinterpreted the assignment for week 2 and didn't re...

So, I started working on this one over the weekend, but life happened... Today, I want to write about things that have been happening in our lives. As everyone is aware, we are no longer living in Florida. As much as we loved the weather there, it just never really felt like home. We felt like we were working simply to pay bills and nothing more. We wanted so much more out of live and for our children. You'll also remember that we tried Western North Carolina. We felt closer to home there, however due to extenuating circumstances we found ourselves back in Florida for a stint. We knew that this was just a temporary thing as we explored where we felt like we could be "home". This was a longer process than we thought as it lasted 3.5 years, but what we learned during that time was so very important. We made friends. Some were but for a season and others were lifelong. We learned that while working full time, I could homeschool the girls if necessary. We learned just h...