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From My Book Pile – Homeschool Mom Encouragement Edition

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I find that books are both a necessity and a luxury. I can't live without them, but they also aren't a top priority when it comes to budgeting. I decided to splurge and use some gift money and a rebate to purchase a few books that have been on my wish list for some time. I realized during these challenging times that I, too, needed encouragement. I …

Creating a Mom-Friendly Homeschool

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One of the things I am passionate about is helping parents understand their child's learning and personality needs. I have dozens of posts on this website about tailoring our parenting and homeschooling to our child's unique bent whether she is right-brained, gifted, twice-exceptional, spirited, highly-sensitive, or wired differently in some other …

Realistic Expectations for Work-at-Home Homeschooling Moms

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As if homeschooling our children isn't enough, many of us also decide to add working at home to the mix. I still haven't decided if we're blessed to be able to work at home or totally crazy. Probably a bit of both. I began working at home as a writer when I decided to leave teaching. David began working at home when he was downsized out of his …

Gifted Women Struggling with Motherhood and Homeschooling

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The oft-repeated story is that if you are in a plane and the oxygen masks drop, you always put on your own mask first. Once your mask is on, you are free to help others without endangering your own well-being. The point of the story is that we need to take care of ourselves first so we are free to help others. But what happens to gifted women …

Enjoying a Simple Homeschool

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Homeschooling offers the opportunity to create strong family bonds that are filled with joy because, above all else, homeschooling is about relationships. Yes, learning academic subjects is important. Children need an education that includes learning how to write, do math, and so on. But if it comes at the expense of the parent-child relationship …

Motherhood, Making a Home, Homeschooling, and Working at Home

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Over the weekend I spent a few hours reading through the entire discussion thread on Auntie Leila's {bits pieces} 144 dealing with women making a home. Since I don't run in Catholic homeschool circles, I didn't know about the brouhaha until she emailed out the next {bits pieces} the following Saturday. I subscribe to her blog because I appreciate …

Encouraging a Homeschool Mom – 57 Bloggers Share Their Most Encouraging Post

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Homeschool moms need encouragement. Lots of it. For the vast majority of us, we're doing something we've never experienced before personally. We're often striking out in a new direction among our family and friends, not all of whom are always supportive. Even other homeschool moms can tear us down. Add in all the complexities of parenting with …

My Homeschool Journal – December

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This is a Major Accomplishment It might not seem like it, but with this post I will have completed an entire year of My Homeschool Journal which is a major accomplishment for me! Why is this an accomplishment? My want-to-do list FAR exceeds my time-to-do-everything-I-want-to-do list. You would laugh if you could see my to do list for my website …

My Homeschool Journal – November

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A Picture to Share Caroline and I have many things in common. One is that neither one of us is a fan of getting our picture taken. However, this was a sweet picture we took on Sunday morning that I wanted to share. You can really see Caroline's shorter hair here after she had it cut and donated it. In My Life This Month Right now I'm reading …

100 Ridiculous Things Said to Homeschoolers

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Homeschooling has been legal and relatively mainstream for almost twenty years. Homeschoolers have a tremendous amount of freedom and nearly endless learning opportunities. Colleges actively welcome homeschoolers. Homeschoolers attend a huge variety of colleges and universities, including the Ivies. Yet it's amazing some of the ridiculous things …

My Homeschool Journal – October

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In My Life This Month I find myself astonished that it's already mid-October. David remarked at breakfast this morning that this entire year has just felt off. It feels like we've struggled to hit that sweet spot of flow that makes life move a bit more effortlessly in terms of focus and rhythm. It hasn't been a bad year. It's just been a weird …