Whew! I feel like I am finally seeing the finish line after an eight week long swim meet! Considering that I was writing two home school posts a week before this recent hiatus, you probably wondered why you stopped receiving my email posts. Fortunately, I didn’t drown nor was I disqualified from the race. Like the distance swimmer, I’ve been working hard to accomplish several goals with immediate deadlines, so my blog posts had to wait on the sidelines. See all those little guys hanging on to each other in the pool? Well, let me introduce you to all of my friends who have raced with me over the past few weeks:
- REJO!CE Speech and Debate Club – My husband, David, and I had the extreme pleasure of planting a sister club to Indianapolis PROCLA!M with eight other families which effectively doubles the number of home school teens in Indianapolis being trained for NCFCA speech and debate competitions.
- Iron Sharpens Iron Speech Class – This delightful class of 25 home school teens keeps me hopping each week since I instruct one week, and the kids deliver speeches for critique the following week.
- National Home School Honor Society - As co-sponsor of a local chapter, I handle all the correspondence which has been unusually heavy recently as we wrestled with a controversial amendment to the bylaws.
- My publisher – Writing a book is so much more work than I ever realized…writing, rewriting, editing, and proofing is like a full-time job, but I think you will be pleased with the end result.
- My designer – Instead of simply commissioning a cover design for the paperback, I decided to go all out and redesign my logo and my website to more effectively communicate the ideas about homeschooling that I advocate. We’re still working out all of the details from concept to colors.
So now you know why I disappeared! Most of these pressing issues are now behind me, and I’m ready to resume the series on homeschooling high school. To thank you for your patience and to share a little of what the new book is like, I’m including a link to the new subscription freebie that you’ll see on the right sidebar. One of my favorite parts of the book is the section on “Classical Makeovers” where I show you exactly how I would transition to a classical home education with real live kids! Here’s a taste for you:
I hope you enjoy “meeting” Morgan as much as I did!
Swim team season is a blast, but it is always good to wind down to a normal schedule. Look for the continuation of the homeschooling high school series on raising teens of influence next week. So glad to be back!
diane
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