Since we decided last year to homeschool and found out what all the requirements were, I had been worrying about whether or not I would be a good enough teacher for my son, Kiddo.  Having to show progress and having him pass a test, never really bothered me until then.  I would sit and beat myself up about it.  How do we know what curriculum to chose?  Which approach to take?  Will it be the right one?   When it came time for testing, would he would pass it with flying colors?  Would he fail and we would be put on probation for a year?  Or would he fail and have to go back to public school not allowing us to continue on our homeschooling journey?  EEEEEKKK!!  How many nights I would sit and cry worrying about all this. 

I had worked in the public school system for 11 years in Special Education, but now that the remainder of our son's education was in my hands, I began to feel completely underqualified and scared-to-death!  We knew that my quitting my job and going back to a one-income family, was a risky thing to do and there was a good great possibility that we would lose everything.  Skippy has even been working three jobs to make our desire to homeschool possible.  GOD BLESS, MY HUSBAND!!   But then we realized, that by not doing it, we were not completely putting our trust and faith in God.  That hit my heart very hard.  What kind of Christian I am to not believe that God will provide for us?

Don't we, as Christians, believe that through Him, all things ARE possible?  Well, we DO believe that, and together, Skippy and I took a giant leap off the proverbial "cliff", and guess what?  Our first year has passed and we are still here and moving on.  Kiddo finished his testing and we got the results back.  He scored above average in all areas but one, and that was in the average range.  PTL!  GOD IS GREAT and is providing for us, and our "needs" are being met!  Praise The Lord!

I will be sending in our "proof of progress" letter this week to the school board.  I have already purchased some of our curriculum for next year inexpensively off of eBay.  I am really excited about starting full force again in the fall as I have so many things I want to do.  Now that I know more about the whole process and have gone through our first year of basically not knowing which end is up, I am feeling much better about things and my ability to teach my own son!

We will be using the following curriculum:

Math:  LIFEPAC Gold from Alpha Omega
Bible:  King's of Isreal by A Beka
Science:  Science of the Physical Creation by A Beka
History and Geography:  LIFEPAC by Alpha Omega
Spelling:  On-line web site
The rest of our curriculum is undecided

May God continue to bless us all with our homeschooling journeys!

Blessings~
Laura