Happenings With The Neals: Homeschool Coming to End This Year...

Thursday, September 4, 2025

Homeschool Coming to End This Year...

(Technically 13 years if you count Kindergarten)

Today I start going through all Tim’s school books. Some of it will be getting donated and others packed into a bucket for safe keeping. There’s just some stuff you don’t get rid of. IYKYK. #homeschooljourneycoming2anend #classof2026

I did this once before to make room for new books as we went into his highschool years. There's still more purging to get done though because I didn't get it all done back then.

It's hard to believe this journey is coming to an end this school year. It feels surreal that it's almost over and that our son will be moving onto new things and adventures in his life.

While we know that weightlifting will continue to be a huge focus for Tim moving forward we don't know what else God has in store for him. It's gonna be hard letting go and letting God work in his life as he steps out into this crazy world and does life. WE know we've taught him well and we have to trust in that as Tim moves forward.

I'm also taking this time to figure out what's next for me now that the job of raising/homeschooling our son is almost done. Life will be so much different after May 2026.

I'm seeking God's guidance on what he would have me do next. I'm sure there's a next he has in mind for me and I'm looking forward to walking it out with him. God is my world! He's my everything! Besides, my relationship with him the only others that are my world are my husband and son. I'm so thankful for God's many blessings in my life. He has blessed me so much more than I could have thought or imagined. He's touched my life so deeply that I'm eternally grateful. I'm so glad that His presence in my life is always felt and appreciated. I will never understand those who do this life without God. I can't even imagine my life without God in it.

This homeschooling journey has been a season in my life. It's been a challenging season at times and a really blessed season at other times. Such a mix of emotions going on for me in this last year of homeschooling.

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USA Weightlifting Youth Nationals 2025

Tim’s day started off incredible. He did a 3/3 on his snatch lifts. They weren’t enough to medal but it showed huge improvement from last years National event. He went on to have a great start in the Clean & Jerks. On his second lift he had a “lights out” moment and dropped to the floor. He got right back up though. His coach was so incredibly awesome in his attendance to Tim and making sure he was in fact ok before sending him back out to do his third lift. Time ran short and although Tim did an amazing last lift the refs declared it a "no lift" saying Tim didn’t get the barbell off the floor before time ran out. Unofficially Tim did 90kg Snatch/117kg C&J for a 207kg total. Officially though, he did 90kg Snatch/112kg C&J for a 202kg total. Unofficially he got 4th place overall but officially he got 6th. Because there was no jury to overturn the judges bad call the judges judgement stood. At a National Level Event there should always be a jury, IMO.

Heaven Is Brighter Because You Are There!!! - Lisa Young 2.31.1959-6.21.2021

Always remembering my good friend Lisa Young. She will always hold a special place in not only my heart but my husbands as well. She was instrumental in bringing us together. She will forever be in our hearts and she will never be forgotten. "IN EVERYTHING WE HAVE WON MORE THAN A VICTORY BECAUSE OF CHRIST WHO LOVES US. I AM SURE THAT NOTHING CAN SEPARATE US FROM GOD'S LOVE-NOT LIFE OR DEATH, NOT ANGELS OR SPIRITS, NOT THE PRESENT OR THE FUTURE, AND NOT POWERS ABOVE OR POWERS BELOW. NOTHING IN ALL CREATION CAN SEPARATE US FROM GOD'S LOVE FOR US IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD!" ROMANS 8:37-39 (CEV)

Heaven's Gain Our Loss

Louise Holcomb Speckhart, 51, entered into her Heavenly home on Thursday, January 11, 2024. I take comfort in knowing that we will see one another in Heaven someday. This hymn has been on my mind since her passing. "When We All Get To Heaven": Sing the wondrous love of Jesus, Sing His mercy and His grace; In the mansions bright and blessed He'll prepare for us a place. When we all get to Heaven, What a day of rejoicing that will be! When we all see Jesus, We'll sing and shout the victory! While we walk the pilgrim pathway, Clouds will overspread the sky; But when trav'ling days are over, Not a shadow, not a sigh. Let us then be true and faithful, Trusting, serving every day; Just one glimpse of Him in glory Will the toils of life repay. When we all get to Heaven, What a day of rejoicing that will be! When we all see Jesus, We'll sing and shout the victory! Onward to the prize before us! Soon His beauty we'll behold; Soon the pearly gates will open; We shall tread the streets of gold. When we all get to Heaven, What a day of rejoicing that will be! When we all see Jesus, We'll sing and shout the victory! When we all see Jesus, We'll sing and shout the victory!

Heaven Gained a Hero Aug. 16, 1935 to May 16, 2024 - 88 years old

It's hard to forget someone who gave us so much to remember. Pop (Franklin Eugene Neal) was born in Ashland, KY. He graduated Thomas R. Brown High School and was a proud Army National Guard Veteran. He loved cars and working on them. He loved racing them with his boys, Jeff and Scot. He could fix just about anything. If he didn't have a tool for something then he'd make it. He valued family above everything. He loved traveling and going to amusement parks with his kids and grandkids, especially Disney World. He will forever be missed and forever be in our hearts! (this is not his official Obit)

Doris Jean Stergeon "Nan" Neal - This is her Official Obituary

"The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for Him there." ~G. Shaw Doris Jean Stergeon Neal, 88, of Ashland, passed away peacefully at her daughter Elaine’s home, on Friday, July 18, 2025, surrounded by her loving family. Doris was born in Ashland, on June 13th, 1937, the daughter of the late James B. and Opal McDowell Stergeon. Doris was a proud 1955 graduate of Thomas R. Brown High School, this is where she would meet the love of her life, Franklin Neal, who passed away on May 16, 2024. Together, she and Frank built a wonderful life, they were married for more than 70 years and their home was blessed with three wonderful children, Elaine, Jeffrey and Scot. Doris was a member of Faith Christian Assembly. Doris loved being a homemaker, gardening, making floral arrangements and crocheting. She also enjoyed reading a good book. Above all, her family was most important to her. She has been active with her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren over the years, she was always their biggest cheerleader. Doris and Frank had many adventures through the years traveling with their family, and after retirement spending their winters in Florida. Left to cherish wonderful memories of Doris are her three loving children, Elaine Brown, her husband Kevin, of Flatwoods, KY, Jeffrey Neal, his wife Debra, of Richmond, KY, and Scot Neal, his wife Lisa, of Wendell, NC; her five beloved grandchildren Brittany Dean, her husband Tyler, Mysterie Prichard, her husband Trevor, Joshton Brown, his wife Michelle, Corey Neal, and Timothy Neal; her five precious great-grandchildren William, Victorie, Versai, Kylie and Norah. Also surviving are her two brothers, James “Bub” Stergeon and his wife Bonnie, of Catlettsburg, and Greg Stergeon of Catlettsburg, and many nieces, nephews, and extended family members.

Family Pic 2025

Thursday, September 4, 2025

Homeschool Coming to End This Year...

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