We are inching in.
The time is almost here.
To graduate my first.
Okay, we have a few years left, but...
How?
I would say it seems like yesterday that she was just a baby, but it actually doesn't.
The time didn't drag by, but I didn't exactly blink either.
And I think part of that is because I soaked in as many minutes as humanly possible.
What a blessing it has been to homeschool.
Not all years are the same.
Some are better than others.
Some years I feel more encouraged.
Some years I feel more creative than others.
Some years I had more energy.
Some years I was just tired.
But what a blessing it has been to homeschool.
The way we have learned together.
The things we have learned together.
The many, many opportunities to learn-
Whether is be academic or character building.
The communities we have had the honor of being part of.
The lasting friendships we have gleaned from each one.
The difference that each person has made in our lives.
The growth in each our lives.
What a blessing it has been to homeschool.
The smell of the fall weather renewing my spirit and filling my head with new ideas.
The winter, when we all begin to question what we are doing, but all the while curling up together in bed most mornings and reading books and cherishing each moment.
The spring, never coming too soon, which renews me again, giving me big ideas of field trips and nature walks.
And the Summer, always bringing a steady rotation of kids in and out of the house.
What a blessing it has been to homeschool.
I can't imagine where I would be if we hadn't.
I can't imagine where my girls would be.
Where our family would be.
The many twists and turns out lives have taken simply because we chose to homeschool.
Yet, though she is graduating in a few short years, we still have many years left with Little S.
It feels like we have been a part of this community for so many years, looking back and remembering the way things "used to be." Wearing my Veteran pin at the curriculum fair. Catching up with all the many women who have touched my life in the last 11 years.
But I guess, in a way, we are just getting started. With Little S only in 1st grade, we have many years to go. I wonder what we will learn as the years pass by. What new adventures we will take. Will it even end 2034? Will it end earlier? The thought of ever leaving this community makes me shutter.
I have so many aspirations outside of homeschooling, some of which I am able to do because we homeschool. But the thought of THIS ministry coming to an end....The thought of going back to homeschooling only one....feels bleak.
I am praying and praying for a grateful heart.
I am praying and praying to remember what a blessing it has been to homeschool.
What a blessing it has really been.
