Seasons

For years, this is what the beginning of September looked like for me. Our family room was the school room, and each of the kids had a desk right by mine. New curriculum, maps, alphabet charts, calendars.

Homeschool. Being the mom and the teacher, keeping the schedule, keeping everyone on task, keeping the ship headed in the right direction.

But my youngest graduated from high school several years ago. No more school room. No new curriculum (Though I still get the occasional catalog in the mail.) No new school supplies. No schedule to keep.

I thought life would slow down for me, and in some ways it has. No more running to basketball practices or games, no more piano lessons, no more swim club.

And yet, my time is still full. Now I sew more. I cross-stitch. I have more time to write, to read, to watch my newest passion - Rugby!

But this past weekend, as I was visiting Gabrielle for a book signing event, I saw her parts of speech posters, her homeschool chore and schoolwork charts, and all the new curriculum on the shelf, and a part of me really missed that time. It was challenging, and there were days when I didn't want to do it, but homeschooling went by way too fast.

How about you? Are you in a new season of life?

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