The last few years of homeschooling are hard. The junior and senior years of high school are stressful for mother and student. In addition to testing and preparing for college, there is the desperate worry that somehow, in spite of all your work, you have left holes in their education. People continually ask your child, “So what are you going to do now?” and often ask you the same question. Sometimes they assume that you will be heartbroken because your children are all grown up. Some people realize that was your goal all along – to prepare them for life and send them forth into the world. Whether we had two children or ten, that last graduation marks a milestone change in our lives. The homeschooling lifestyle is consuming. When it ends, where does that leave us? How do we redefine our lives and ourselves? 1. First of all, recognize your achievement. Congratulations! You did it! You ran the race marked out for you, finished the fight, got them to adulthood alive! Most of us will add the phrase, “by the grace of God,” because we know we couldn’t have done it in our own strength. Pat yourself on the Read More