Lessons for Mom

Truthfully, I’d forgotten about them.

The questions that I fielded ALL the time when we began homeschooling. First there were the ‘family’ questions, then the questions from ‘friends,’ and questions from neighbors and other acquaintances who happened to “hear” that we had made the decision to homeschool. The questions FLEW! They were rapid fire in the beginning and I got used to answering them.

Shortly after those first few months, everyone that we knew was aware of our adventure into homeschooling and it became just who we were. The questions all but stopped. Aside from the occasional comment of, “I don’t know how you do it,” the questions ceased. My children became the reflection of our homeschool and that spoke volumes.

It’s been five years and I had assumed that we were DONE answering those questions.

Not so it seems.

You see, we recently switched churches, a plant church nonetheless. We are currently meeting at an elementary school, the same elementary school that many of our new members teach at.

Open the flood gates of questions again.

THIS time, the questions are not just from friends, but educators.

It’s been a learning process all over again. I’m certainly more confident in my ability to homeschool my children and communicate that to anyone who cares to listen, and I am also realistic in understanding that not everyone is cut out for this type of commitment. THIS time though, I have to be sensitive and objective while discussing my views of homeschooling with someone who teaches in a classroom everyday. THIS time, I’m fielding questions about high school too.

It’s uncharted waters for me.

I’m not a person who enjoys conflict in any form. I know this is God’s way of dealing with me.

I’ve spent quite a bit of time thinking about the questions and the answers that we’ve been asked lately. It’s been a good “reality check.” We can tend to become comfortable in our own little worlds, and when things are mixed up a bit, we have to learn to adapt and evaluate.

What at first I viewed as a pain is turning out to be an exercise in reflection, communication and confidence.

For me.

It’s funny, after all these years, I never imagined that I would be the one benefiting so greatly from this whole homeschooling thing in ways I could never have imagined.

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