Still here

So this old blog is still here. I wasn't even sure, thinking that I may have deleted it at some point when I stopped writing.

This morning I've felt like writing. I think maybe I'm longing for the good old days a bit. Our school year has begun again, but it feels so different. Kids are all doing different things this year, and everything feels scattered. We used to be together for Morning Time, spending a good hour at the beginning of the day reading.  We read Catechism, sang a hymn, memorized Scripture together, studied cultures and missions, music and poetry. I miss those days.

I miss studying the same history together and doing the reading together. The boys are both studying world history this year, but they're using different books and studying separately. The girls and I are studying world cultures, and while it's been fun and interesting, it's just not the same as everyone being together, reading the same books and talking it through.

Maybe this is just part of the process of children growing up, a necessity of the difference in their ages. We've got a Kindergartener and a high schooler. Nine years separate them.

But right now I feel like I want to cling to the togetherness that has marked our years in the past. I want to dig in my heels and pull us all back to what we've valued about homeschooling all these years: being together as a family and focusing on what is true, good, and beautiful. It's worth fighting for. Now I just have to decide to do it.