Urban Homesteaders and Homeschoolers

Jun. 23, 2006 - A Nine Year Journey!

I can hardly believe it! It's been nine years since I first became a Mom! Nine years on a journey that this particular woman seemed so unlikely to embark upon. If you had asked anyone who knew me in my early twenties, whether I would ever settle down, get married, and have children--they would have laughed. Last night all the dear friends who came to my 1G9's Birthday party laughed uproariously, when my mom mentioned how I had refused to take Home Economics in school. They found this so humorous, they said, because they all think I'm the quintessential homemaker and homeschooling mom--a veritable poster child. I was almost offended when they suggested that all I was lacking was a Volvo station wagon. Oh, how time and circumstances change us. Ten years ago, I was a career-oriented, full-time graduate school student with a full-time job. Today, according to my friends, I am a Crocs-wearing, wheat-grinding, chicken-raising, goat-milking, twaddle-free learning brand of homeschooler. What a riot! I guess I just never saw myself in quite this light. What is the saying about friends being a true mirror of ourselves?

It's a bit startling to find yourself at a destination that you never would have guessed, having taken a path to it that you never would have premeditated to take. I suppose that is why so many poets have waxed eloquent about the great "journey" of life. The road map may seem clearly laid out in the beginning of our lives, but where we end up and how we get there depends so much on our previous experiences, our understanding of ourselves today, our forecasting of the future, and, most importantly God's overarching plans for us. I am just so glad that He allowed me to almost magically follow a different path other than my planned one so that I could wake up where I am, experiencing the joys of motherhood!

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Jun. 23, 2006 - That is great.

Posted by REInvestor

I too have come a long way from where I was in my 20's although I think I always did want the kind of life I have now. But there was no husband for me until I was 31. I sometimes think that having the opportunity to do all that I did and to work full time, etc. has left me quite sure that now I have the best of it being able to be home and raise my children. I am sometimes surprised at the fact that I have 4 children and that I thrive on that so much.

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Jun. 24, 2006 - Untitled Comment

Posted by writmm

thanks for sharing how you handle chores with me. I am still not ready to raise a farm, but I agree that children helping around the house is important. I had my two stepsons doing dishes and by the time they were 10 they did their own laundry. My two children sometimes help, but not on a regular basis, I have gotten soft in my old age (plus I was working when my stepsons were young and needed all the help I could get).

Happy birthday to your child.

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