The Journey Begins.

I've never really been one for keeping a journal. Though I have found it to be an admirable and worthy task, my laziness generally takes over and I abandon ship somewhere with in the opening weeks. However, this coming school year marks our first official year as homeschoolers. My oldest son is 5 and my husband and I have selected a "real" curriculum for him. We did some preschool work with him last year, but we did not have an official curriculum or even a real plan for what we were doing. Therefore, this is the first year that has some direction.

Homeschooling is an entirely new frontier for myself and my family. Both sides of our family have been schooled through public school. However, God has showed us through His Word and through other Christians the problems within the public school and has stressed the importance of the parents responsibility to raise their own children, not leaving that responsibility to the church or the government. (Interesting article on that here) Therefore, we have found that if we wish to raise our children in the fear and admonition of the Lord, we must not only be active in their upbringing, but we must control it and center it around God's Holy Word.

In light of the fact that this is brand new for us and I have always admired the idea of journalling, I have decided to create this blog to show my children, when they are older, the path which we took in their upbringing. Hopefully they can learn from their parents mistakes and capitalize on those things that worked. I have also made this available for other readers in hopes that other homeschoolers might read it and either offer sound advice for problems we encounter or gain encouragement for themselves. It is with great excitement and anticipation that we begin our journey. May the Lord be honored and glorified through the way we raise our children and instruct us on how to do that.