I Never Planned to be a Homeschool Mom.

I never planned to be a homeschool mom. In fact I never planned to be a stay at home mom either. That was pretty much the opposite of who I planned to be and the life I thought we would have. I had big career plans that probably would have included private schools and a nanny until the plans changed.

There wasn’t just one event that made me change my mind but rather a lot of external events that were happening around me and continued to happen around me that made my mind start to shift about who I wanted to be and the life I wanted to live. My poor husband, I think I woke up one day and announced I was done with my pencil skirts and blazers and instead decided on nursing tops and yoga pants. Spit up and dirty diapers instead of leading a team and being the boss. I was still a boss, just a different type of boss to only tiny clients. My favorite clients of all. 

In the mix of the sleep deprivation, then the pandemic and just life, we added 2 more babies to round out our family to 5 and I was way crunchier than I even recognized at times. So naturally, among my extended breastfeeding and dye-free lifestyle, homeschooling came up. Did I really want to homeschool my kids? So many pros, so many cons. Would I ever return to work full-time and to the girl I once was or would the person I was becoming just evolve and just move forward? What about my husband? How could we make this all work?

My husband and I chose to just lean into the new people we had become and work together on this new and different lifestyle. With that came more holistic choices, including homeschool and while it is not easy, we work together and couldn’t be happier. 

Are you a homeschool mom or thinking about becoming one? We found a great balance in life of choosing a hybrid homeschool option for our family.

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