What Inspires

It's funny how we start researching one thing on the internet or we get on the computer to do a certain thing and end up doing something completely different.  This is usually a case of 'Being Distracted 101.'  I had a rough day today.  It was rough because I lost my temper more than once.  I ran out of patience with my 7 yr old.  We have been homeschooling for 3 1/2 months now.  Yes, we are newbies at the homeschool lifestyle.

In this process of adjusting to our new lifestyle I have found comfort in reading homeschool blogs.  I will simply type into the Google search engine what I'm struggling with or have a question about, looking for others out there who have dealt with the same thing.  I've asked, "Finding a homeschool rhythm", "Figuring out a homeschool schedule", "Homeschooling a defiant child," and the never ending question of "homeschool curriculum" (Thank you Cathy Duffey for being a consistent and amazing resource).  And every single time, I come up with endless articles of this very thing, other mothers who have gone though the same thing as me.  So today I wanted to read about homeschooling a child who you basically feel like you're wrestling with every day just to get their basic work done.  It is exhausting.  I came across Carletta's "Successful Homeschooling Blog."  It was just what I needed.  A great resource that pulled from, of course, other amazing bloggers!

This was great information, but then I clicked on one article, which led to another article.  I then went back to the first article.  You know the drill.  From Carletta's blog, I found myself at The Legacy of Home blog.  I became thoroughly distracted and read at least 30 of her blog posts.  It was such a different yet refreshing perspective.  So simple, smart, well spoken, 'old school', insightful, selfless.  I thoroughly enjoyed it!  It inspired me to be a better mother, a better teacher, a better wife, to find joy in serving in my home, to better love and enjoy my children, to read from good books, to be more patient and long suffering (because motherhood requires this of course:)).  I didn't feel like I needed to do more or I wasn't good enough or why can't I do all of that in my home.  I just felt inspired and uplifted.  It's seemingly small experiences like this that inspire me to share a bit of my story.