by Leese Griffith

About the author: Leese Griffith is a contributor to the bimonthly Home Education Magazine.

Tanya appears to be the picture of health as she romps with a visitor’s child in the backyard. She’s small, perhaps, and her coloring is fair, but her violet blue eyes dance with mischief and energy. This is a good day for Tanya, and her mother watches from the kitchen window, nervously.

“It’s good to see her running and playing,” Karen says, “but I’m always afraid she’s going to over do it.”

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