One for Dy and Jess

Yesterday afternoon, I was cleaning up the kitchen when my telephone rang. It was none other then Jess! She said, "Laney? It's Jess. Ummm, how did you take John out of school so quickly?" I about died laughing!!! Little nosey parker that she is didn't even inquire as to my well being! :-) Jess is hysterical! Call her and get her to tell you the things that she doesn't blog about!!

I told her that I was going to blog about it because Dy e-mailed me with the same question! Jess and I joked that we really don't have very interesting lives and need to live vicariously through our blogging buddies.

Two weeks ago we went down to North Carolina. We were very fortunate that it was on MLK's birthday because John had the day off from school. We were planning on coming back on Tuesday and figured that it would be fine if he missed one day of school. We got back pretty late on Tuesday and John is a serious night owl, so he didn't sleep in the truck on the way home.

Kevin and I began discussing our options and we came to the conclusion that we were going to be homeschooling them both in North Carolina anyway, so why not start now and get into regular routine before our cross country move completely blows it out of the water. It seemed like a good idea and that's what we did.

I called the principal of the school and told him of our plans and he threw a second option out to me. He said that the end of the marking period is today and if we wanted, we could send John through today and then he would have a formal record of his time in third grade.

I considered this but decided that he was going to have to complete a lot of make-up work for the school and if I was going to have him do make-up work, I might as well have him do the work I have for him. I would rather use my own curriculum and jump back into The Well Trained Mind mode. So I called the principal, again, told him of our plans and he told me that was fine.

I have been very blessed to have had the boys there. The school is a wonderful, safe harbor for the children that attend it. The teachers love the children and the principal is a Godly man who makes wise decisions concerning the children. They are receiving a solid foundation and a good education.

But...

The thing is, I truly, in my heart of hearts, know that homeschooling is the best choice for my children. It's what I want for them and anything else seems mediocre. That's hard for me to say because I love my church family and the people at the school are my church family and it sounds like I am being critical. That's not my intention. I just can't continue to walk a path that doesn't feel right and school, in the formal, go to a building sense, doesn't feel right.

So that's it in a nut shell. No voices from the clouds or epiphanies, just a feeling in my heart. A feeling put there by God to confirm what I know He has called me to do.

Look to the finish!