I didn't come to this space very much in 2018. It was a hard year and writing was the last thing I wanted to do. But it's time to dust off the blog and get back to writing. For personal reasons, not platform building. Somewhere along the way in 2018 I stopped praying for certain things. I grew weary of God's silence. I stopped believing He would answer. I got mad. The things I prayed for seemed so simple, so why wasn't God answering? I lost a little hope in 2018. There were so Continue Reading
A Little Bit About Our {Home} School…
Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin. (Zechariah 4:10a) That's the verse I've chosen for our first full year of homeschool. It seems only fitting. It's a good reminder that small steps and slow progress really do count. A few minutes of math here, a few minutes of reading there. Oral spelling tests in the car. Listening to audio books during our commute to speech therapy twice a week. It's all adding up to an education. A week ago, as I Continue Reading
Friday Favorites {September 7, 2018}
It's Friday! As you're reading this, I am headed to my happy place! In less than 24 hours my toes will be in the powdered sugar sand of the Emerald Coast. I am giddy! So is Jackson. Poor kid has been desperate to get to the beach all summer. When we decided to homeschool, we knew we could take our vacation after everyone else was back in school. It's been a long summer waiting for this day. We are so ready to be in our most favorite place! Here's a few things that made my list of Continue Reading
The Hardest Part of Special Needs Homeschooling
Last week we had Jackson's MAP testing with Epic Charter School - a computerized test that determine where he's at academically before we start a new school year. It was a complete disaster. We didn't even finish. I should have known it would be a disaster when Jackson woke up at 3 a.m. and never went back to sleep. I sat and watched him intentionally choose the wrong answers to questions I knew he could answer correctly. His anxiety was so high and he was so tired. He was doing whatever he Continue Reading
This {Home} School Year…
Today we officially start our first full year of homeschool. It's his first day of first grade and my second, first day of first grade! I'm not going to lie, I feel very uncertain about my ability to be his teacher. Yesterday as I made preparations, I cried. I feel so unqualified for this job. This is definitely going to be a one- day-at-a-time journey. I've been thinking a lot about what I want our homeschool year to look like. I'm excited and nervous to kick off 1st grade with Jackson. Continue Reading