Motive to my Madness
Sep. 18, 2007
Introduction
Good evening all. My name is Regina. I live in beautiful South Carolina, USA. I am the mother of 2 very beautiful DDs. The oldest one will be 14 in October and the younger is 10. We are in a house full of Hormones!! There are times when I wonder if we will make it through these teenage years without some one being medicated. Ha! Ha! My DH of 15 years (16 in Nov.) is a truck driver. He used to be over the road, but thankfully is home daily now. He generally works 6 nights a week. We tend to meet in passing. He speaks as he is going to bed and I am heading out the door for work. Yes, I said work. I work a full time job outside of the home as well as try to homeschool my children. We have been homeschooling approximately 7 yrs now. We started when DD13 was in second grade. She went to a private school for kindergarten and 1st grade. She was in kindergarten when the tragedy at Columbine happened. I still remember how heart-breaking it was having her ask me if she was going to get shot at school like all of those other children did. This is when God started birthing in me a desire to homeschool. As we all are, I was reluctant when this calling 1st came. I did not think I could do it, and especially not sense I work outside of the home and finances (and sanity levels) didn't allow for me to come home. All throughout 1st grade she expressed concerns that her teacher did not like her. At 1st I dismissed it as a child who didn't want to go to school, but the more I listened to her, the more I thought she might be on to something. This, too, broke my heart. As the year progressed we found ourselves in dire straits financially. My husband was unable to work for 16 months due to health issues and we simply could not afford the private school on just my income. (Funny how God gets us to do WHAT he is calling us to do.  ) I started attempting to be obedient by researching homeschooling. I only know one other family who had done this. They were a true blessing! God then directed me to a book in our local library: "The Survivor's Guide To Homeschooling". This truly was a God send! I read this book, renewed it, and gave it to my mother. When I 1st told her I was planning to homeschool, she asked me if I had lost my mind! (She was serious!  ) My reply to her was that this might be the most sane thing I had ever done. Now...the hard part....what curriculum should I use?????? Thanks to the previously mentioned book, we decided to start with Bob Jones University. I was very impressed with this curriculum. I really liked the way it used biblical principles for teaching...i.e. precept upon precept. We used this for the 1st 3 years of DD13's homeschool experience. When she started the 5th grade we moved to Switched on Schoolhouse through Alpha Omega productions. I learned about this curriculum through the lady who worked in our local Christian bookstore. My DD13 had been wanting to get report cards and this curriculum offered that!  It also tremendously helps me with my compliance forms for our accountability association.I have worked the last 7 years in a local doctor's office as a receptionist. God recently moved me from here. The last 2 weeks I have been home with my family before starting my new job. I will still be in the clerical field, but no longer medical. I am going to work in a fertilizer company. I know nothing about fertilizer except you use it in gardening and with your household flowers, etc. This will be totally new for me, but I have a tremendous peace about it. I know this is where God is sending me. The people I am going to work for are Christians. They also homeschooled a few of their children, who are now homeschooling the grandchildren. It's nice how God puts like-minded people together. I am totally new to blogging. I pray this didn't bore you too much. Maybe next time I can talk a little about how I manage to do both... homeschool and work. Thank you for taking the time to listen to my ramblings.  God bless you. |
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