Day 1 What AM I doing??

***Disclaimer from the start*** I will "blog" straight from the heart. This will not be an excercise in grammer and sentence structure.


Well- where to start? Have never even considered doing something like a blog before, but here I am. In our house we are getting ready to go on a new journey. Homeschooling. I am the stepmom (hate that term because I would claim them as my own in a minute) to 2 boys. One is out of High School and the other just entered. I also have a daughter that is in middle school and herein is the issue. She is smart. Honor Roll student that loves everybody and hates girl drama. She isn't in it most of the time but is exposed to it daily. She does allstar cheerleading and wants to try out for the middle school team. It's all she has talked about for a couple of years. All along I thought great! Now, I find myself wondering if it is really so great. Maybe, just maybe, it might be "great" to homeschool for a couple of years in order for her to have more educational opportunities. Is it really going to impact her life in such a positive way to be a middle school cheerleader? I mean really?? Allstar is competitive and year round. Will it matter in 5 years that she was a student at this middle school? She wants to be a marine biologist or work in environmental science. Ummm guess what? She will only receive 1/2 a year of science every year through 8th grade. Anyone else think that's not enough???

I just submitted our homeschool form to the state. She and I talk about what a great opportunity this can be for her and yes, she wants to do it. And no, she doesn't because she will miss her friends. I find myself wondering how many of these "friends" are honestly going to care. So here we are. Waiting for the form to show up, reviewing all the homeschooling curriculum advice and info we can find, and talking talking talking. I am nervous, she is nervous. Am I doing the right thing? I believe in my heart and mind that I am. She believes it is a great opportunity and gets excited about the chance to do a full science course now and possibly a marine biology course next year....... yet we are both still scared.