Another good day

August 29th is going to be our first day of school, but we have been doing "home school lite" all summer. As soon as we got the books that are to be read for history/geography (Sonlight 2 American history part 1) we began reading and are almost finished with week 2. This gives us the freedom to relax when we travel to Indiana for my parent's 50th anniversary party with another week to take off, too. Of course if we finish too early we'll just buy the next year's stuff and keep moving.

So, today, Sam again cheerfully did his morning routine. He admitted that getting to watch the Star Trek episode was his motivator. But that doesn't explain it all--good rewards have not worked in the past if the things he had to do to earn them was too long or difficult. I'm pleased with him immensely.

Today, we read about Christopher Columbus and how he found the Americas, but didn't find his route to Asia, didn't bring wealth back to the King and Queen of Spain. I'm not sure he would have called his life a success--he died poor, lonely, and sad.

So, what can we refer to as success? I think it is one thing--bringing glory to God. When we do that, it doesn't matter how we die, because we don't really die. I don't think Columbus was a success. I just pray that our family can claim to be when we enter our kingdom home.