The Happenstance Homeschooler

 happenstance:  noun 1) a circumstance especially that is due to chance What are the chances that I'd find myself starting a blog about homeschooling?  Much less, what are the chances that I'd find myself actually homeschooling my kids? There have been many circumstances that have led our family to this place - all of which right now feel like they've been preparing us for this all along, but none of which we realized were leading us here.  Yet, here we are.  As a beginner homeschooling, making the leap from public education, I'm starting this blog to catalog our journey into and through homeschooling (whatever that may look like).  I'm hoping it can be a place for me to record our experience and maybe to encourage others who find themselves thinking, "I want deeply to do this, but am I really doing this?" I don't expect this to be a perfect path.  I know myself, and I know my son.  We will lose our minds sometimes.  Yet even with that knowle...