Perspective is everything. As long as you own it.
For so long I have been worrying about what everyone else thinks, wondering if I am doing it right. I have been so worried about making sure everyone knows that our homeschool is working, that I have forgotten to make sure it is working for us. My number one priority now, is making sure our days work for all of us.
I am done trying to explain, and prove until I am blue in the face that this is the best decision for us. Not anyone else. This is our family, these are our children, not anyone else's. The choice to homeschool is our choice, and we shouldn't have to feel like we need to defend it. I am done defending it. There is nothing to defend. People can either respect that choice, or not, that is their choice.
I keep deleting and re-writing this post. There are more factors in play than just what is stated above. I am not going to delve into all of it on this blog, because most of it has more to do with my issues, than with anything to do with homeschooling. I don't feel this is the right venue to get into all of our current issues. I need to talk about it, but I need to do so anonymously. This all has to do with my last post. I also haven't been writing because I just have not been able to think beyond my current conundrum. Have you ever gone through something so emotionally traumatic, that it completely blindsides you? I have been going through something like that, and our family could certainly use some prayer right now.
I do plan on continuing this blog, actually I am working on some Charlotte Mason research. I am also freaking out about my daughter being a Freshman in Highschool and praying that I am not going to screw up her education. We have a very limited budget, and I am spending a lot of time on her curriculum for next year. So far, I plan on ordering the Easy Grammar 9th Grade and the Saxon Algebra kit, other than that everything is going to have to be free. This is so scary.
For so long I have been worrying about what everyone else thinks, wondering if I am doing it right. I have been so worried about making sure everyone knows that our homeschool is working, that I have forgotten to make sure it is working for us. My number one priority now, is making sure our days work for all of us.
I am done trying to explain, and prove until I am blue in the face that this is the best decision for us. Not anyone else. This is our family, these are our children, not anyone else's. The choice to homeschool is our choice, and we shouldn't have to feel like we need to defend it. I am done defending it. There is nothing to defend. People can either respect that choice, or not, that is their choice.
I keep deleting and re-writing this post. There are more factors in play than just what is stated above. I am not going to delve into all of it on this blog, because most of it has more to do with my issues, than with anything to do with homeschooling. I don't feel this is the right venue to get into all of our current issues. I need to talk about it, but I need to do so anonymously. This all has to do with my last post. I also haven't been writing because I just have not been able to think beyond my current conundrum. Have you ever gone through something so emotionally traumatic, that it completely blindsides you? I have been going through something like that, and our family could certainly use some prayer right now.
I do plan on continuing this blog, actually I am working on some Charlotte Mason research. I am also freaking out about my daughter being a Freshman in Highschool and praying that I am not going to screw up her education. We have a very limited budget, and I am spending a lot of time on her curriculum for next year. So far, I plan on ordering the Easy Grammar 9th Grade and the Saxon Algebra kit, other than that everything is going to have to be free. This is so scary.