{"id":30625,"date":"2018-02-09T05:00:47","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T11:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/?p=30625"},"modified":"2018-02-08T21:51:43","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T03:51:43","slug":"being-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashleyannphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/09\/being-needed\/","title":{"rendered":"being needed"},"content":{"rendered":"

When this semester comes to a close, it will mark 6 years of homeschooling for me. I actually homeschooled a full year before I ever posted anything about it online. I wasn’t sure how it would all play out and I needed to figure it out for myself without encouragement or criticism from anyone else.<\/p>\n

I still don’t have it figured out, but I’m having a good time with my kids, so I guess that counts for something! The older my kids get the more intense their studies are, which means more dedicated one-on-one time instead of all of us working as a group. It makes for long days for me, but I wouldn’t change it for the world. It works for us, just like other schooling approaches work for others.<\/p>\n

Every now and then I snap a picture or two of our mornings…<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"I can’t snap many because there is always someone needing my help… \ud83d\ude42
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{3rd grader doing math….when the teacher tells the class, \u201cEveryone, please stop all saying my name at the same time. Be patient.\u201d}<\/p>\n

I miss blogging more often, but this is a different season of life and I am good with that.<\/p>\n

Some days it is hard to be so needed.<\/p>\n

Most days though – I crawl in bed exhausted and so very grateful for the privilege of being called “Mom” by 5 of the coolest people I know and being able to answer their calls when they say, “I need your help mom.”<\/p>\n

We are raising them to be confident and independent, but I sure won’t mind if they always feel the freedom to ask for my help!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When this semester comes to a close, it will mark 6 years of homeschooling for me. I actually homeschooled a full year before I ever posted anything about it online. I wasn’t sure how it would all play out and I needed to figure it out for myself without encouragement or criticism from anyone else. I still don’t have it figured out, but I’m having a good time with my kids, so I guess that counts for something! The older my kids get the more intense their studies are, which means more dedicated one-on-one time instead of all of us working as a group. It makes for long days for me, but I wouldn’t change it for the world. It works for us, just like other schooling approaches work for others. Every now and then I snap a picture or two of our mornings… I can’t snap many because there is always someone needing my help… \ud83d\ude42 {3rd grader doing math….when the teacher tells the class, \u201cEveryone, please stop all saying my name at the same time. Be patient.\u201d} I miss blogging more often, but this is a different season of life and I am good with that. Some days it is hard to be so needed. Most days though – I crawl in bed exhausted and so very grateful for the privilege of being called “Mom” by 5 of the coolest people I know and being able to answer their calls when they say, “I need your help mom.” We are raising them to be confident and independent, but I sure won’t mind if they always feel the freedom to ask for my help!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homeschool"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t