One of the many ongoing lessons eleven years of motherhood continues to teach me is to trust my intuition. That sounds simple, but it has been one of the hardest lessons of my life. Especially when society provides a well-paved path for raising children. Go to preschool. Start kindergarten. Trust the teachers. Trust the experts. If something isn't working, there will be another meeting, another evaluation, another plan. That was certainly what I believed. As a child, I attend

I never wanted to homeschool my children, so I was thoroughly surprised when I ENJOYED spending the entire summer of 2026 creating a homeschool plan for my 11-year-old neurodivergent son. After four years of an unsuccessful experience with an IEP, we are trying out homeschooling. The curriculum I ended up choosing after a thorough amount of research is geared toward hands-on learning, art-based learning, neurodiverse inclusion, and secular-informed education that makes room f