Decisions, decisions

As you saw on facebook, I'm considering home schooling Kara next year for first grade (I'm like 75% sure I will).  When Kara was little, I said home school is out because there's no way I'd have the patience for it.  Our only options were public school and private school.  Then when I was helping Kara with homework earlier this year, I was amazed at how quickly she can learn something new.  I said, "huh, I could probably do home school if I was only teaching Kara.  This could be interesting."  (Don't you love when God brings something back to you that you said you'd "never" do?  lol!)  I brought it up to her to see if it sounded interesting to her and she said NO I want to go to school still.  Oh well, there goes that idea.  That was like 6 months ago.

Then the other day with her new 'special' math homework, I was teaching her a new concept.  She loved it so much, out of the blue she said, "mommy!  I want to do home school!  I love when you're the teacher!"  I talked to her several times since then and asked why she said no before and yes later.  All she could say was she changed her mind.  I keep telling her all the things she won't be able to do if she's home with me, and she still wants to.  Am I going to let a random comment by a 5 year old change my life?  No.  Do I believe God can speak to me through my 5 year old?  Yes.

So, today I met with my friend who home schools and she had some really encouraging things to say about it.  As soon as we have a Saturday free, I'm going to do a pretend home school day so Kara can see what it's really like.  While we will be able to sleep in, she's not going to watch tv all day and she won't stay in pjs all day - well, maybe pjs.  :-)  I haven't decided anything yet - just that I always wanted to take Kara's education 1 year at a time and do whatever was best for her.  I'm going to do a little research and see what path God wants us to go down.

Will you guys please pray for us?  I would like to home school, but I really just want to be in God's will.

(By the way, I've talked with Michael about it and we've both been praying for about a week now.  He had some reservations at first, but I explained what it would be like a little more and he says he supports whatever decision I make, especially since he knows I'm seeking the Lord on this.)

Home school has such a negative connotation because of the way it was 20 to 30 years ago.  It really is very different these days, but dealing with the lack of support will be hard on me.

Sheryl, do you still read my blog??