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  • From Public School to Homeschool: Protecting My Children After Systemic Failure

    Why We Left Public School Our homeschooling journey didn’t begin with picture-perfect lesson plans or a carefully chosen curriculum. It began with heartbreak and with the simple truth that protecting our kids was nonnegotiable. I was homeschooled myself and loved the experience, but I made a different choice for my own family. I valued the…

    October 1, 2025
  • How a Four-Day School Week Makes Homeschooling with Chronic Illness Possible

    Some days, parenting while living with chronic illness feels like climbing uphill with no end in sight. The body aches, the migraine fog, the nausea all show up uninvited, but parenting does not stop when my energy does. And because I homeschool my kids, teaching does not stop either. But over the last two years,…

    September 19, 2025
  • From Vacation Mode to Lesson Plans: Our Homeschool Prep Process

    We just got home from vacation and you’d think we’d still be unpacking, doing laundry, and easing back into our daily rhythm. And yes, we’re doing all of that. But in the back of my mind there’s another clock ticking: the start of a new homeschool year. For us, that means more than just picking…

    August 20, 2025

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