a la mode: a little scoop for every slice of life: My Blog Series

Being Cool About School:

Finding Grace & Freedom for Ourselves & Others In Our Educational Choices

Post 1: "So are you still glad you switched your kids from homeschool to public school?"

What is this series about? Who's it for? What on earth motivated you to write it?

Post 2: Our Story Part 1

The backstory and early years of this educational journey.

Post 3: Our Story Part 2, Lessons I've Learned in Letting a Good Thing Go

Our transition from homeschooling to public school

Post 4: 8 Reasons I'm Glad We Homeschooled

This is not a post espousing all the virtues of homeschooling. Rather, it's a look at how we can appreciate and learn from the gifts and the challenges of our homeschooling experience.

Post 5: A Letter to My Homechooling Self {What I'd Do Differently}

Post 6: 5 Gifts in Our Transition from Homeschool to Public School

Post 7: How Can We All Care About Public School? {And Why Should We?}

Post 8: 8 Things to Consider if You're Thinking About Public School

Post 9: Rejecting Fear-Based Motivations and Resting in Freedom
What happens when our ideals become idols? How do fear, pride, and idealism infiltrate our decisions about how to educate our children, and how can we guard against it?

Post 10: How Can We Come Together?

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A Time for Everything But Not Everything All the Time

{a blog series about living with freedom & margin in an overcommitted, overachieving culture}