"The soul of a child, as it reaches out toward understanding, has need of the treasures accumulated by the human species through the centuries. We do injury to a child if we bring it up in a narrow Christianity, which prevents it from ever becoming capable of perceiving that there are treasures of the purest gold to be found in non-Christian civilizations. Laical [secular] education does an even greater injury to children. It covers up these treasures and those of Christianity as well." Simone Weil

Thursday, March 25, 2010

A Roof For the Schoolhouse

Our little schoolhouse needs a new roof. We have been in our house for about 11 years and have added a roof to the long list of updates and repairs that are needed to keep our home from falling down around us. Our house is not pretty. We need to paint the window trim this year. We need new window frames, as ours are rotten, but to replace them would also mean replacing siding and we just can't afford that right now. We have a gravel driveway that is in need of gravel, because right now it is more mud and muck than rock. I need to have a tree in the backyard cut down before it falls on my house. So much outside needs done. It is overwhelming.

I'll be calling the roofing company in the morning to see how much a roof costs these days. Then I will most likely cry.
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