I think that homeschooling is a life process, and part of that process is to talk to other homeschooling parents. I gave a portfolio workshop last Saturday and within everything, it went well.

    Sometimes we forget that other parents have similar or more difficult situations that also need attention and we want to dominate the scenery. I pray everyday to not be a “needy person”, but that particular Saturday was my 34^th birthday and although I don’t usually celebrate my birthday, I felt so sad because I felt like no one cared! It sounds stupid and childish, but not even my best friends remembered! Not even my family! It was a hard day, but at the end I offered it all to my Lord, so I can be near him and not work so hard to impress people and to keep a “nice face”.

    This is one of those complicated issues people are about, and if you add homeschooling a special needs child, raising 2 daughters at school and alone, and not having appropriate ME time, I just feel burned out.