Blessings From Home

Feeling a bit nervous

Now don't get me wrong, I feel truly blessed to be allowed this time to homeschool my son, and pray daily that everything will work out fine and our enthusiasm will not be short lived. But I have to admit, I feel a little nervous about this. I can't really pinpoint the reason why. I spent hours today and yesterday getting everything ready to start tomorrow...part of that was because our curriculum is completely free online, which means a lot of printing, but it's what we have to do right now...but the other part was me sitting here fretting over the minute details. Details that I know aren't that important, but the perfectionist in me can't help but worry if I'm getting everything right.

We're starting kind of on easy stuff for both of our benefit so that we can get used to everything, and my husband has asked that we HS year around so that he can stay on top of things and that we can stay on a schooling routine. My son's 7 and is in 2nd grade, but we're starting with 1st grade math, and with the curriculum I've chosen, for now anyways, there is a lot of reading. I know I will probably relax a bunch after our first day tomorrow, and even more as the week progresses, but for now, I'm just worried I won't do something right or I'll forget something. I know that all sounds silly, because who is the best person to teach your child, but his own mother. I guess it's just hard getting used to something when you've never been around it , but prayerfully, HSing will become the norm before too long. Thanks for listening to my rambling.

Blessings,

Sara