Well so far this year has brought a whirlwind of changes. Change for the better. The biggest change is that we have enrolled our oldest son in an online/homeschooling program.
I can remember a day just last summer sitting in the sunshine of our backyard having a conversation about school options with my husband,sister and her boyfriend. I clearly remember being very adamant that homeschool wouldn’t really work for us because we work at home and need the time that the boys are in school to work. I remember going off about how I’m so busy with my business that there was no way I could possibly take on anymore. At that moment I felt I couldn’t possibly fit one more responsibility into my life. I felt like the majority of the homeschooling would have to fall on me, since between my husband and I, I have an easier time with academics, and there was just no way I could do that.
Now here I am, sitting next to a pile of textbooks and school supplies and my oldest son is enrolled in his new online/virtual/homeschooling program. I am his ‘learning coach’ and according to the online videos I’ve watched ‘learning coaches’ spend an average of 35 hrs. per week being a ‘learning coach’. How the heck did I get from that point in our backyard this summer to now?
It’s like the whole universe was saying, do this. Everything leading up to this decision fell into place so quickly and easily. It just feels like the right thing to do. Whenever I would completely convince myself that this just wouldn’t work for us and try to forget about it, someone would come along to nudge me closer to it.
We’ve built our whole life around doing what we love, and it just seemed wrong for our son to go off to a school everyday that he clearly did not enjoy and was not thriving in. In the short time we’ve been doing lessons, it’s already completely clear to me why he has been struggling and falling through the cracks. I’m relieved we are here to catch him, and ready for this new adventure.
