How Sweet It Is…
I’m in love; completely addicted to the home schooling lifestyle. This is a ’snapshot’ 
of a day-in-the-life at the Mira house. Here’s our Seth Daniel, sipping on his all-fruit smoothie, (that I - Mom - had the privilege of making him) in the middle of the morning. His feet are snuggled in his donkey slippers, he’s comfy in his long johns, as he reads through his daily math exercise.
What could be better than having my children so near me, almost every day, in their growing-up years? It’s been worth the pressure of living on one income, complete with lousy (cheap!) vacations, pinching pennies at the clothing store, the grocery store and the toy store. It’s been worth all those do-it-at-home hair hi-lite kits (ugh), pedicures and make-it-from-scratch meals. I’d drive ‘beaters’ all over again, just to be the one with the ‘loudest’ voice in my sons’ lives, next to Daddy.
I hear, too often to count, that it’s just not possible for folks to live on one income anymore. Hmm. I guess it could depend on how one ’slices the economic pie’. For lots of American families, getting Mom back home is a few (difficult) decisions away. How thankful I am that we somehow, in God’s great mercy, found the grace to make such decisions, in order to find such wealth…right here in our own backyard.
Apart from His grace and leading, I would never have known such pleasures!
March 25th, 2008 at 7:38 am
Denise, thank you for this encouragement! We live on one income and things do get really tight. It’s like wind in my sails to hear that it’s worth it from you and women like you who have seen God’s faithfulness in this area. We are just starting this journey and don’t have any school-age kids and the daily grind of budget-living can really wear down my faith sometimes! Thanks for the boost!
Love Steph
March 25th, 2008 at 9:00 am
Good morning Stephanie!
You are so welcome and how nice to hear from you - little Clara is so blessed to have you as her mommy. You are changing the world, even today! as you embrace His plan, His purpose, His best for your household. I was reading in the Message version today in I Corinthians 1 “I’ll turn coventional wisdom on its head…” So appropriate as we endeavor to be mothers who live UN-ordinary lives in our culture.
Grace and peace to you and the fam today! In His love,
Denise
March 27th, 2008 at 10:57 am
Hey Denise
I have been thinking about homeschooling for about a year now (it is my second choice as the christian private schools are just unaffordable for a one income family) and I was wondering if you could give me the hard facts about successful homeschooling. No flower please. My husband doesn’t think I can do it because of my temperment and is convinced that homeschooling is what causes premature socialization. (he is comparing 4 homeschooling families and and they are all, in fact, socially immature for their ages)
Can you give me some insight
Thanks Amanda
April 2nd, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Dear Amanda,
I LOVE your honesty and have been planning how to answer you on this as it’s quite a ‘loaded’ question! I would like to engage the help of my readers as well, so we can give you a really comprehensive answer. If you’re ok with that, let me know and we’ll get it rolling in the next couple of weeks. I think this would be a fun interaction and bring lots of different perspectives.
Blessings,
Denise