As
I look back on 2007, with both of my daughters hitting big
birthdays, 18 and 21, I cannot help but reflect on far more
than just this past year. As a mother, I have no real regrets,
which is a tremendous blessing. The real hurt as a mother that
I recall, was the threat that the government was over me while
I raised my children. This was because they
were home schooled. Here in New York, we have awful home
school laws.
My
daughters are both in college now. My oldest will graduate
this spring and go on to graduate school. Jessica, my oldest,
has won awards and scholarships as a
biochemistry major, the biggest of them being the Barry Goldwater Undergraduate
Scholarship.
Jessica's most recent award is the
"Outstanding Achievement" award.
When
I think about how much time was taken up filling out needless
paperwork to hand in to a public school district that
we never used, and how much I worried that someone was
going to take my children, I just shake my
head.
Our
founding fathers would roll over in their graves if they knew
how little freedom parents have today. They would be shocked
to see how much our government governs over parents. It
is my goal as a right-wing Christian conservative
writer/activist to fight to restore the rights of the parent
in this country. My job training up my children is done, but
my job in fighting for their God-given rights in this country,
has just begun.
