HSBA has come up with a fun way to keep track of your homeschool year by participating in Homeschool Memoirs. A new theme will be posted every Wednesday. This week’s assignment is a peek into why we homeschool.
My name is Amy and I will soon be a mom of 5 kiddos (and we have a forever-4 yr. old in Heaven). I’ve been married to my best friend for almost 16 years. Today we started our seventh year of homeschooling, and we wouldn’t have it any other way.
I’m going to use being 8 months pregnant as an excuse to dig into my archives. The following is part of a post I did last year (you can read the whole post here if you are bored & have nothing better to do. HA!).
I can’t remember why I first considered homeschooling. I know it was about 9 years ago, when our oldest was two. I had a friend who was doing Five in a Row with her daughter & it looked like so much fun! I’m always up for a good round of fun, so maybe that was what lured me. I’ve always loved school – I was a preschool teacher at the time and my “plan” was to get my degree as soon as my kids were in school & teach full time. Whooo, God must get the biggest kick out of me. A short time later, I found out that my sister-in-law was planning to homeschool her kids too.
Here’s some honesty for you: It took me several months to finally make the commitment to homeschool. (Hubby was on board right away.) I had big PLANS for when my kids went off to school, important things like volunteer work & starting a mommy support group & having a clean house. I was very selfish and it was painful to let go of those dreams, but God was patiently calling me and I knew I had no choice :o)
Oh gracious!! My daughter was 2 when God first started dealing with us to homeschool. We didn’t obey right away (mostly I drug my feet!). I was a preschool teacher for 2 years and dreamed for years of being an elementary ed teacher later in life. Now how is that for some common ground!!
Nice to blog meet ya and congratulations on the new baby! We are praying for 2 more of our own.
Wonderful post-so nice to meet you. Yes, I remember when my husband first mentioned homeschooling-I wondered how I would ever clean my house!
~~Congratulations on the new baby!!~
Hi,
Glad to meet you. I have an Elijah too. He sounds a lot like your precious liitle guy. It took me far to long to start homeschooling. We will never turn back. IT is the best thing that ever happened to us.
Blessings,
Dawn
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/my4sweetums
I’m so glad you reminded me about this meme. I was wanting to participate, too.
Happy School Year, my friend!
Amy,
You have the most precious kiddos and I can not wait to see the “bun in the oven.” Everyone keeps telling me I have time on the homeschooling thing…I don’t see it that way. I feel that it is right around the corner. I am so grateful to know people like you and Jason for support and wisdom! Thanks for the comment =0)…when are you due again? I gotta go buy ya something pink…