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So You Want to Homeschool? What You Should Know

So You Want to Homeschool? What You Should Know

by: Traci Turner The 2020-2021 school year is half over, but schools all over the country are in various states of operation. Whether it be in-person school, organized distance learning, planned pod classes, or homeschool, parents have had to make some hard decisions-– some of which are not working out. I have been homeschooling my son since kindergarten. It was not a religious decision or ego driven. I had met a few teachers in our district and was. . ….

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Fear Not the Empty Nest: A mother’s reflection

Fear Not the Empty Nest: A mother’s reflection

by Trish Cantillon “The days are long, and the years are short,” writes Gretchen Rubin in her book, The Happiness Project. It has never felt truer than now, four weeks away from an empty nest. My daughter is already a junior in college, but my son—number two of two—leaves for his freshman year across the country soon. The only parent-life that I have known where my fingerprints have been all over every decision is ending. It’s not necessarily that there…

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