If you would have told me before I had babies I would one day become a homeschooling mama, I most likely would’ve thought you had me mistaken for someone else.

You see, I am not what some may call a Pinterest mama, I’m not even a really strong candidate for a amazon Mom. In all honesty, I would put myself in the “hot mess mama” category. I don’t say that to put myself down, just trying to keep things real. So, when I felt the Lord begin to prick my heart and lead me (our family) to the homeschool way of life I was just as surprised as my mama was when I told her.

When the Lord began dealing with me, I first talked to JKM about it and when he was totally supportive, I started doing a TON of research. Watching YouTube videos, reading blogs, looking into different curriculum, talking to the handful of mamas I know that are on the same path. (One thing I would like to add here – before the Lord put it on my heart I didn’t know anyone who was homeschooling but as soon as it was placed there I came into contact wish several women who have a huge passion for it. One in particular was a member of the church JKM helped in revival this summer and she helped me more than I can ever tell her. I will always be grateful for all the information she gave me & her willingness to answer so many of my questions!)

Once I accepted that this would be our new normal and was at absolute peace & felt total joy about our decision.. the devil showed up and tried to show out. He planted every seed of doubt and wormed his way into all the cracks in my weaknesses. I immediately began questioning if this was what the Lord was truly leading us to or if I had just decided all of this on my own. Family members started talking more about public school even knowing our homeschool plans and just became one negative thought after another. THEN I went back to the list I made when we first heard the call & it completely reiterated why this was for our family. (I will be posting the list in a separate post very soon).

I didn’t write this post to discount public school in any way. I’m a firm believer that if the Lord isn’t calling you to something, you should in no way pursue it. My husband and I both attended public school and know that it works for a lot of families. I just want to put my experience out there in case any other mamas (or daddies) are being called to homeschool and are also dealing with doubt & hesitation.

We are so excited to begin our journey this year with Mason starting PreK curriculum while he finishes his last year of preschool!

because of His grace,

Hannah