Introduction

Hi,

My retirement from homeschooling kind of snuck up on me. Kind of like when I was finished breastfeeding. That might sound odd, so let me explain: When I nursed my twin daughters, the last nursing that they were doing was the morning one, and one day I realized that it seemed to be more my routine than their need, so, during the day, I decided that I wouldn't nurse the next morning and see what happened. Well... they didn't even notice! I guess they were done! It was sad for me when I realized that the previous day was my last nursing and I didn't 'savor' the moment because I didn't realize it was my last nursing. But, life went on and would prove to hold many wonderful moments for us.

My homeschooling retirement was similar because I didn't realize that I was done until after it was over. My daughters kept taking more and more classes through our local community college and I was teaching less and less at home. In the fall of '07 I taught Economics to my daughters and a few of their friends, with the intention of teaching Government in the spring of '08. Then, my daughters decided to take Political Science in college for the spring of '08, so I didn't teach. I then realized that the Economics class that I taught was the last 'homeschool' teaching that I was to do in our homeschool journey. (Now, we all know as a mother, you are never done teaching, but I was done homeschooling.)

It took me until June '08 to realize that I was just kind of standing around waiting for life to happen. I was still a chauffeur, as my daughters would not be getting their driver's license until July, but I could tell that once that happened, I was really going to be standing around! So I had some decisions to make.

But, before I get into where I am now, I feel that I need to share how I got here.

~Debbie in So. Cal.