Meet the Huffs

Hello. Let me start by introducing myself. My name is Renee. I have a wonderful husband of over 16 years and 4 wonderful children.

Each one of my children are unique. My oldest son, Siah, is 15 years old. Although he is as Caucasian as one can be, he sports an Afro. I do have curly hair but not like his. All the girls love it. Therefore he does too.

Besides his unique hair, Siah has Obsessive/Compulsive Disorder (O.C.D.). It has worsened over the past year to the point that he gave in to trying some medication. We are awaiting change.

We try to look for the fun in his disorder since it can be most troubling at times. He feels off-balance if he doesn't have the correct amount of the right items in his pant pockets.

My oldest daughter, Ren, is now 13 years old. She is a beautiful young lady. She was just healed of a birth defect, praise God! She did not get the lucky curly hair. But she is still beautiful.

Ren battles weird migraines. They affect her sense of smell and cause her eye to go blind. Weird!

My youngest daughter, Hayla, is quite the character. Really! She has a slew of health problems. One of which is Autism. It affects her social skills and comprehension. Therefore she has us in tears from laughter much of the time.

Hayla is 11 years old and I homeschool her. I feel she does much better at home receiving the one-on-one that she was not getting in public school.

Noah is my youngest, truly the baby of the family. He is spoiled in every way, but I wouldn't have it any other way. He is 6 years old and I also homeschool him.

Noah is a very bright young man, beyond his years. He is 6 years old but working at a 3rd grade level. He gags at the sight of stickers (not sure why). Noah has a severe peanut and egg allergy and public school was just too dangerous.

Homeschooling is an adventure. It has its rocky days and it has its soaring days. My hope is to get through the rest of this school year and better prepare for next year so I can have more soaring days than rocky.

The negligence of the public school forced me to pull my two youngest out in the middle of the school year and begin teaching without having any curriculum. It was very frustrating but I dove in and got right to work.

Enough about us! My desire is to give you a glimpse of a typical day. Later!