Comments on: Homeschooling and Other Big Decisions

By: Lisis

Lisis — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:43:26 +0000

Hey, Jenn! I’ll have to be sure and thank Josh for sending you my way. I always look forward to hooking up with other homeschoolers. By the way, that first year of History was my favorite… the ancient stories are the coolest. Now we are in third grade, and the stuff definitely gets less exciting. Kinda hard to compete with Pharaohs, mummies, Mt. Olympus, The Odyssey, and the Roman Empire, huh?

I think it’s awesome that you guys are planning to road school. Have you heard of the Family on Bikes? Mom, dad, and two sons are riding bikes from Alaska to Argentina (they’ve already crossed the equator!). Every experience can be an awesome learning opportunity, I think.

Thanks for letting me know you’re here!

By: jenn

jenn — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:02:01 +0000

I randomly found you on the WSL blog and I assumed you’d be another fitness blog (although the WSL is so much more) Instead, I found another homeschooling mom like myself. I so can relate to much of what you said in this post. We too loosely follow WTM. Since this is our first year we are studying the ancients.

I, too, never thought I’d be homeschooling. In fact, before my son was born I joked I’d probably send him off to a boarding school when he was five. Before we started homeschooling I got this image of our family hanging on the side of a boat. Below us was a beautiful coral reef full of wonders and excitement but I didn’t want to let go of the boat out of fear. The more I thought about it the more I felt like we were being asked to let go and dive deep. So we did. It’s certainly has been a journey in the short time we done it and often I just want to tread water but I’m hoping we will continue to dive deeper and explore as time goes on. Currently we are paying off debt in preparation to buy and move into an RV. We want to travel the country for a year or so.

Anyway glad to have come across your blog!
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By: Lisis

Lisis — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:08:30 +0000

Aww… Christopher, I’m so thrilled that we share the “Hunter” bond. It’s definitely better to be the hunter than the hunted!

I love that Steve Pavlina quote (I hadn’t seen it before). I find that so many parents practice the “Do as I say, not as I do,” or “Do this because I said so,” simply because they feel they are the boss of their kids. But really, we are in this journey together. They are fellow travelers for a while, and should be treated with respect. There is so much we can learn from each other, if only we are open to it.

Thanks for this beautiful comment, and for getting me thinking about this subject again.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:10:06 +0000

Lisis,
I feel a warmth in my heart every time i see a pic of your son… (Maybe its because the name of my son is “kabamba” which in a local language means “Hunter”

If God blesses me with another child, my wife and i plan to name him/her “Kalunga”…which in a local language means “Hunter”!

My family name is “Kabamba”…. and it means “Hunter”! I like to say….”its better to be the HUNTER than the HUNTED”

Anyway… thanks for the inspiration…. and talking about learning fron our kids, i remember reading an article by Steve Pavlina… i think. It talked about Parenting. In it, he says something very profound…”I used to think that parenting was the act of raising children…but i now wonder who is raising who”

Our kids can “raise” us just as much. Thank you.
Christopher´s last blog ..2010 â€“ Its Ok to Intend Something