In May 2013 we completed a journey that had begun in 1994. Before Jeff and I got married (a 2nd marriage for us both), I didn’t really want children. I wanted a career, but kids kinda weren’t my thing, so what I’m about to share will seem a little crazy LOL.
Once we were married in April 1989, God began to change my heart and I started wanting children – we have 3 amazing adult children now. So it was also a little surprising to me that the Lord starting speaking to my heart about 1992 regarding home schooling our children. What?! But when God calls you to do something, whether you feel equipped or not, you are wise to comply. So I started researching and praying and wondering how in the heck I went from not wanting kids to having a 2 year old and now being asked to home school. The next almost 20 years of raising children and home schooling them was both amazing and challenging, but I would not have done it any differently. They got a great education and I learned more than I expected about being a parent and a teacher. Talk about learning to die to self!
So it was both exciting and bewildering to be ending this chapter when our youngest daughter Abigail graduated high school. Now what was I going to do with my life? It’s not that I didn’t have other interests, talents or pursuits, but I was sensing a big transition and I needed to know where God wanted me next. Let’s just say that has been no easy path, but rather one that was filled with mountains, valleys, rocks and sometimes boulders!
