A lot has happened in our lives in the last year while homeschooling our sons and in all honesty, life just happened in a BIG way. Many times we are thrown a curve ball which we can’t hit or we end up riding a wave that we can’t get off. Right?!? I know we aren’t […] Read more…
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Homeschooling Through a Death in the Family- Homeschool Mom Interviews
The following two interviews are with moms who homeschool their children through a death in the family. These mothers have asked to remain anonymous. I hope that my readers appreciate the honesty of their stories. I have experienced many losses in my life in the past several years. Receiving the news that a loved one […] Read more…
How To Homeschool in the Midst of Mental Illness
“Your mental illness is not your identity. Your identity is in Christ” Kay Warren There are a lot of things I never imagined saying, much less dealing with as I dreamt of having kids. As a Mom of a toddler, tweens and a teen, I just smile and shake my head often. But if I’m […] Read more…
How To Homeschool When You Feel Triggered Towards Anger
As a former teacher, I felt pretty confident about being able to homeschool my kids well from an academic standpoint. As a recovering angry mom, I knew that being my kids’ teacher was going to bring with it some unique new triggers. And I was right. For the last five years, I have been leading […] Read more…
How to Homeschool In The Midst of a Major Interruption
A little over a year ago, we packed our van for a two-week long trip, and hit the road. Little did we know that we wouldn’t have a place to call home for the next six months. Our rental home went on the market and sold quickly, and the new place would be ready just […] Read more…
How to turn your hard homeschooling days into a blessing!
As homeschoolers, we know how important it is to plan out our homeschool year. When we plan out our year there are many things we consider. We think about what days we will take off throughout the year. What lessons we are doing each day. What curriculum we are going to use for each subject. And […] Read more…