I have to admit, it isn’t easy making the choice to home educate Helana.  Not because I doubt my abilities, but because my extended family cannot seem to grasp the fact that I am going to homeschool.  They say things like, “when Helana goes to school….”  Or, “the Christian school would be better”.  It is enough to make me want to scream.  The fact that Helana has a language delay and other “challenges” yet to be diagnosed only fans the flames. 

However, I am unwavering in this conviction because it is just that…a conviction.  I am sure that many homeschoolers would agree that it is a calling.   God has called me to homeschool, and I trust that He will provide the wisdom and resources necessary to do so.  So, while it blows my mind that the people who have known me my entire life and were witness to not only my receiving a bachelor’s degree, but also to the rather sound and prudent decisions I have always made, doubt my determination and abilities; I will push on.  It saddens me, really, to see how indoctrinated and institutionalized even professing Christians have become in today’s society.  Sorry, but the “state” does not always know best, nor is a stranger (trained as he/she may be) an expert on my child nor are they given the responsibility by GOD to raise her.