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Letters from a Homeschool Mom


Be here. And then rest.
Our Dearest Homeschool Mom, It’s almost the end, we’ve almost made it. There’s a particular kind of tired that only an end-of-the-year-homeschool-mom knows. It’s not the tired of a hard day, it’s the tired of a whole year. A whole year of being the teacher, the scheduler, the encourager, the driver, the lunch lady and the noon duty. It’s a full-body, soul-deep tired that deserves to be honored, not rushed past. So before you open that new curriculum catalog, before you sket
Danielle Youngdale
May 192 min read


Are you enough?
Hello Fellow Homeschooling Mamas, Happy Spring! For those of us currently homeschooling, we’ve almost made it another whole year! That is no small feat! I think I look forward to summer more than my kiddos. As a homeschooling mom, I’m so thankful for the amount of time I get to be with my kids during the school year in learning, deep connection, and conversations around the homeschool table AKA our dining room table; but, I also really love to throw school out the window and
Danielle Youngdale
Apr 232 min read


You’re not behind…
Dear Friends, At the start of a new year, I always feel a mix of hope and humility. Hope, because fresh beginnings invite vision and intention. Humility, because experience has taught me that the goals I set in January will almost certainly need adjusting by March. This year, as I looked at our homeschool goals, I found myself thinking less about what I wanted to add and more about what I wanted to sustain. A few years ago, I planned what I thought was a beautiful, well-balan
Danielle Youngdale
Mar 242 min read
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