Bear with me, I'll probably do several (short) posts on this topic, as I'm thinking about it in anticipation of my sharing my life/work with the youth group.

I realized that I had time, because I am at home to make my voice heard in ways I probably couldn't do if I were out working and had children.  (Now, other mothers might, but I probably could not.)

I had time, in between assigning and checking work, caring for the little children, doing household tasks,  etc, to read up on an issue (I'll leave it unnamed for the talk, but for you here it was the Terri Schindler Schiavo situation) and learn more than I would have by just seeing the TV news or reading the BBC website.    I was then able to get involved a little -  not a lot, but more than I would have - by blogging and by emailing the FL governor.

I also recently was on the radio - OK, it was a call-in show, but still - and only intended to give a brief comment about somthing, but the host, on hearing I was a home-educator, commenced to ask me a lot of questions about our home education, and I was able to talk a little about it.  Perhaps someone will now know that it is legal here, or have hope that they can do it, after hearing me.  I hope I did some influencing for the good, anyway, either about home-education or creationism (or at least Intelligent Design which is a good step in the right direction) as I spoke about my husband and other scientists' rejection of macro-evolution.

Had I been at work, or rushing around trying to get things done after being at work during the school hours, I would not have been able to make that phone call, which turned out to give more opportunity to speak out about things than I had planned.

So, there are two recent things I have been able to do. That may be small potatoes to some of you, but it's a nice start for me, and fitting for my life, which seems to be about many small things.

God bless you today.