By Shari McMinn
May is recognized nationally as Foster Care Month. I want to personally thank all of you parents who have adopted children or provided foster care. We need more willing Christians like you to undertake this special work that God blesses with His grace, mercy, and unconditional love beyond all we can hope for or imagine.
In you the orphan finds mercy (Hosea 14:3).
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Launching into adulthood is an exciting milestone for teens and their parents, and homeschooling families have even more flexibility to explore options through hands-on experiences before high school graduation.
However, navigating this critical transition can feel intimidating or overwhelming when considering diverse paths such as college, military service, missions, apprenticeships, trade school, online education, entrepreneurship, and maybe even joining the family business. Then there’s the relationship adjustment from “teacher-student” to “parent-adult child” to prepare for—ready or not, it’s coming!
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By Emily Werner
I was watching my son participate in “Safety Town,” a little community summer day camp for soon-to-be kindergarteners. I was partly there for my son, and partly because I so desperately needed to get out of the house! I had been in tears for days, not knowing what I was doing wrong.
Next to me sat a first-grade teacher, who was a mom of one of the other children. We began to chat, as moms do, and when she asked me about my son, I told her about how he was so intense and sensitive, overreacting to everything, and how hard it was to figure out what he needed. I had just thrown out another pair of pajamas that he refused to wear, and was worn out from trying to get him to eat and play like “normal” boys.
She encouraged me to read the book Raising Your Spirited Child by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka. She said it was about kids who are more intense, sensitive, perceptive, persistent, and energetic than other children. So I obtained a copy, and as I began reading, I felt like a light went on. “This is my son!” Then I realized that it was also me.
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If you’ve been homeschooling for any amount of time, I’m sure you’ve encountered at least one person who has questioned your decision to do so. I remember when we began homeschooling in 2010, every time I met someone new and introduced myself as a homeschooling mom, the response would be, “Why did you decide to homeschool?”
This familiar conversation got more interesting when the inquisitor found out that my husband and I were both homeschooled for part of our schooling years back in the 1980s—their furrowed brows shot up, their mouths gaped open with shock, and their tone immediately shifted. “Really—you were homeschooled?”
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Do you continually pour yourself out yet feel exhausted and drained of the joy and peace that God promises? The various pressures that come with homeschooling, maintaining your home, and serving your community can lead to burnout. But what if you don’t recognize the exact source of your exhaustion, and your solution leaves you feeling just as depleted months down the road?
Friend, it is time to hit the reset button and implement these six ways to realign your heart, release the burden of false beliefs, and let God restore the joy and peace you so desperately need.
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