Have you ever woken up and realized that you have “arrived”? What happens if you realize your destination is not really where you want to be? You set things in motion – often times many years prior – and one day you wake up with everything you’ve ever wanted but knowing something about picture is wrong. Do you stay on the path or do you take the road less traveled? If you are me you take the road less traveled.
It all began about 20 years ago when I sat in my advisor’s office. She asked me what career I saw myself in and I said “non-profit fundraising”. Yep. True story. Fast forward to a year a half ago when I remembered that conversation and was reminded that I am capable of manifesting anything in my life (it’s sort of the whole “be careful what you wish for” idea). When the call came to work for an organization I had volunteered with for several years (that also happened to be my kid’s school), to be honest, I hesitated greatly. I did not apply for this job- I had applied for another. It was quite a daunting task to raise money in a Waldorf school. But, I took the leap. Something continued to nag at me.
By the end of the school year I relocated my children, one who had been at the school for seven years, to other fine educational establishments. The organization went through significant growing pains and I made the decision to stick around one more year to help them ease into the next phase. By Christmas I realized I should have considered other options. But, had I done that, had I not stayed through the year – this year – we might not have come to the wonderful place we are as a family.
You see, we have decided to take back our family. I am ending my commute. The kids are giving up the uniforms. Though Nathan wills still be making that daily trek, he’ll be much less rushed. We. Are. Home. Schooling. There. I said it! We’ve been sitting on this news for many weeks and now I can shout it to the world.
So, if you see us out and about, no, we are not playing hookie, no one is sick. We simply have taken down the walls of the classroom and expanded our thoughts on education.
| "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— | ||||
| I took the one less traveled by, | ||||
| And that has made all the difference." |
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