Don’t You Love What You Do?
I got an email from Sarah H. of Bonneville, Texas. “ You don’t talk about Homeschool, don’t you love what you do?
Sarah you are correct in the first part, I don’t talk a lot about homeschool here. The last part, where you assume why I don’t is way off base. Its cool, I forgive you — we humans jump to conclusions.
Here are my reason for not sharing so much about homeshool…
- Homeschool is just a part of who I am, and that part belongs to my entire family. I don’t own our homeschool journey so completely that I have become its soul voice. That would be a blog for the whole family to write.
- The tail shouldn’t wag the dog. There is a natural creative process to how we do homeschool that examining it enough to blog it would be like training it into a Bonsai, the end results might be stunningly beautiful and show years of labor, but ultimately unnatural. In short, the blog would shape the homeschool.
- In my mind the art of homeschool is like blowing soap bubbles. One must be there to experience their making, watch them dance on air and burst as expected by yet, unexpectedly. Explaining what each bubble does to those not present is a poor substitute for being there.
- Homeschool can be ALL consuming. If not careful to refill my creative cup I could become a robot going through the motions of my day. My blog and my design work refill my cup. I take that joy back to my homeschool day and spend it there like ready cash.
Here is why I love what I do…
- Jack
- Dillon
- Nathan
- The moments Homeschool has given us together, by not sending us 4 separate directions every morning.
I thank you Sarah, because without your question I might never have considered my motivations. That is a gift. I hope you find one for yourself in what I have written on this page, but maybe its hiding somewhere on my blog for you?
To all my readers, commentors, and emailers… thanks for the refill!
Your joy is happily received and well used and I will be back for more!!
Happy Thursday!
Edited: January 28th, 2010