It is one week to the first day of school. One week to my children's first day of school, ever.
We have the school supplies purchased and sorted out into the children's backpacks, the uniforms purchased and tried on and wash, school shoes purchased. Each child has had a well child check and has had confirmed that their vaccinations are up to date. We are getting official school e-mail and mailing. It looks like we're actually going to do this.
And I'm scared.
I know this is "normal." The vast majority of children go to school, and everything goes just fine for most of them. But it is not our normal. We have always homeschooled. I have dealt with schools as a student, as an education student, as a substitute teacher, but never as a parent of one of the children. This will be a new role for me. I have always had the children with me for most of the day. Having them going for a majority of the waking hours will be very different. And I've always been the one totally in control. I have to let go of that control a little bit, here, and trust that other people can help and it will be fine.
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Becky, we did it sort of backwards from the way you are doing it. Our two oldest went to that very same school many years ago, our oldest K through 2nd and our next oldest just for K. We didn't pull them out because we had any horrible problems with the school. It was more of a calling to homeschool.
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Wait, I think that quote should be "Pray, HOPE, and don't worry."
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