I've been missing in action here on the
blog and likely will be indefinitely. Life sometimes has a way of
intervening with one's plans. In my case it came in the
unanticipated form of homeschooling my child.
To make a long story short, things were
just not working out at the school. So, in the spring I pulled my
little one out and began the process of determining how to school her
myself. That involved a DIY crash course in the regulations and
logistics of homeschooling. Then came the fun part: building the
homeschool library! Now we have a floor-to-nearly-ceiling bookshelf
packed to overflowing with books that I'm sure will come in handy
over the next several years (whether we continue to homeschool or
not). I never know where our discussions will take us so it's best
to be prepared with books from an archealogy atlas to Shakespeare for
kids to life in the stone age to an introduction to art to books on
any science topic you can name and more.
Homeschooling is a lot of work and
doesn't leave much time for other pursuits, but this is my job at
least for now. In some ways, however, this just brings my life back
to that of my ancestors. Before every child could attend school they
were taught at home. I may have many more resources at my disposal,
but like my ancestors, I can spend my time on what my child needs and
wants to learn about. In this way we both discovered that my kiddo
loves history. We learn and discuss and read historical fiction for
fun.
Knowing what I know about our family
history, I can interweave information about our ancestors who were
involved in certain historical events. It's one thing to learn about
history, it's another thing to know that your people played a part in
it. If I play my cards right I may just be able to train the next
genealogist in the family.
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