Having a rant today

I had not planned on posting today but after some things someone has said to me I felt the need. I chose to homeschool because my children were slipping through the cracks at school.  We also homeschool because it allows us certain freedoms. We homeschool because my son asked us to. We homeschool to learn to love the Lord. We deal with multiple behavior problems caused by a variety of medical conditions. In other words we do it for a variety of reasons.

In the past year no one has outright challenged out decision but many have made innuendos. Innuendos that suggest I am off my rocker and that I do not know what I am doing. That it is wrong or sheltering, that I am doing my children an injustice. I am sure everyone of them feels justified in their thinking. I however know better. I know my children and I know what traditional school has brought them. Heartache and pain! I know that they walk closer in the Lord because we homeschool. I know that they thank me for being their teacher. I know how to teach them the best.

It is inconcievable to me that for me to go to college and get my teaching degree is acceptable. That it is ok to teach other people's children. Yet it is weird, strange, abnormal, and different to teach my own. Different is equivalent to something to fear in this society. That is why I am glad to homeschool, to teach my children that different is beautiful and not something to abhore. To be in this world but not of it.

In the past year my children have grown and matured and changed for the better in ways I previously never would have imagined. They are better for it. Unfortunately there are those who are still only focusing on the fact that we homeschool and that it is weird. They don't do their research and still stick to their biased, uneducated notions of what it means to homeschool. It breaks my heart that they refuse to see the good it has done in our family.

I admit not everyone will be succesfull in homeschooling...at first. It takes dedication, perserverance, patience, and above all love. It is not easy but it is so worth it.  As a matter of fact I was not on board with homeschooling for 2 years. It took me that long to listen to the Lord and follow his lead. I thought I would never have the patience I needed nor the dedication. I loved my kids but man they drove me nuts most of the time. I was wrong! Oh don't kid yourselves my kids are far from perfect angels but now they know how to make good choices and what to expect from life. They are no longer slipping through the cracks.

As for the naysayers, I will educate my children as I see fit. If they take offense they can keep it to them selves. If they don't then I have no reason to associate with them and my family will cease in doing so.  I am finally understanding what it means to be a persecuted Christian for standing up for my beliefs.