Hello All!!!

Hi Everyone. Just a little update on what's been going on here. We've decided to get extra help for Madisyn to get her up to speed with reading. We had her tested at Sylvan over the weekend and met with them today to get a plan in motion. She is really behind. One good thing is that she is caught up in Math now. She stuggled with that last year. The director of Sylvan urged us to try her at 6 hours a week!!! That seems like a lot to me, but the way she explained it made sense. She said that it will be easier to go down in hours if she's moving along well, but it could hurt her feelings if we start low and need to increase. Madisyn could start feeling that she's not good enough. So, because of scheduling, we are starting with 5 hrs a week. No more days free of running kids. This will pretty much keep us busy every night except for Sundays. I'm sure it will be worth it.

I'm asking for prayers that Madisyn will have the strength and energy to deal with all this and that it will be a positive thing for her. Also that we have the patience and strength to deal with this schedule. I have to trust the center, especially since they are supposed to be pros at this.

To help with some of the costs, I put in an application to help students with math. I don't know if I'll get it, but I'm going to try. I think that school is so important to kids, and these days, it just doesn't seem like enough gets done. I would love to make a difference in a young person's life, so I think it will be a great blessing for me to help.

I'll keep everyone updated. If you have any info on Sylvan that you would like to share, I'd love to hear it.

GOD Bless,
Angel