I'm a follower of Jesus, and if you're not, I'd highly recommend it. Don't worry about homeschool or parenting or literally anything else until you've got that figured out.

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My husband has put up with me for fifteen years now and he is the actual best. 

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We have been given five precious souls to care for and they are our riches. 

 

I read voraciously and often neglect the housework. Still working on that - balance is hard.

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I managed to get two degrees in music performance but I've learned more, much more, from raising children than I did from all those years of college. 

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I’m a dedicated introvert and if you call my phone or ring my doorbell I will do my best to avoid answering.

 

Our life is not exceptional, our children are far from perfect, our homeschool is a continual work in progress, and our best pictures conveniently omit the messy chaos in the rest of the house. But I want to share our struggles and our joys in the hopes of encouraging others in their homeschool lives and encouraging us all in a life with a few more books and a few less screens.

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We are learning for life: both in the sense that learning is not separate from Real Life, but it is for life, it all weaves together beautifully, and we cannot separate the two - and also in the sense that it does not end at age eighteen. Learning, and life, continue together - always.

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~ Emily

For privacy purposes I refer to my children as Big Brother, Middle Brother, Little Brother, Little Sister, and Baby Brother. These are not in fact their actual names.

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last updated July 2023