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An Ordinary Homeschool

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Ordinary. I love that word. It feels unpretentious, humble, and earthy. It’s a great descriptive word for every homeschool family … because we’re all ordinary or the same.

We all have high expectations, often accompanied by feelings of failure. We say things we wish we hadn’t and fail to say the things we know we should to the people we love the most.

We get overwhelmed by the messes, the stinky attitudes, the perceived expectations of others, the loneliness, and the job of keeping it all together. We worry about our children’s futures and if we will have done enough to prepare them.

But amidst all the ordinary, something extraordinary happens in all of our homeschools: relationship. We get to be with our children even when we’d rather be doing something else. Our children get to see us at our best and at our worst. They get firsthand experience at home about how a family should function and what it should look like. They feel the safety of being home and the joy of not being labeled.

Every day we get to be together. The limited hours of our life will be spent together … learning, laughing, crying, and being ordinary.

That’s an extraordinary life! You are so blessed.

Be real,

Todd

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