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My Husband, My Hero
I would not be able to homeschool my children and participate in the homeschooling community as much as I do if it were not for the support of my husband. He's my hero. Thank you, Robert, and I love you.
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To understand why he's my hero, please read: When I Retire From Homeschooling: Part 1 (click link), Part 2 (click link), Part 3 (click link), and Part 4 (click link) .
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To meet my kids, please read: Homeschooling's Best Kept Secret: Average Kids (click link).

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And I can only hope to be as kind, gracious and helping as my friend Karen was. Dear Karen, I stilll miss you. (click link for story)
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To understand why he's my hero, please read: When I Retire From Homeschooling: Part 1 (click link), Part 2 (click link), Part 3 (click link), and Part 4 (click link) .
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To meet my kids, please read: Homeschooling's Best Kept Secret: Average Kids (click link).

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And I can only hope to be as kind, gracious and helping as my friend Karen was. Dear Karen, I stilll miss you. (click link for story)

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The Things Kids Say and Do 4 (Unspoken Truth Poem)
February 7, 2012 | 1 Comment
By: Rebecca Miller The Sandwiched Homeschooler At breakfast this morning, I said to my son, “During school today we are going to work on some poetry for English; you know, the kind that has feeling, the kind that others will read and think ‘I get it–I feel it’.” And before I could finish my thought, he [...]
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Welcome to The Sandwiched Homeschooler!
Hello! Welcome to my blog, The Sandwiched Homeschooler. I use this blog to write about our homeschooling journey, which is almost done. My kids are now in high school and probably down to their last year, that is unless my youngest son wants to continue for another year.
I hope that you will find my blog to be a different than other blogs: (1) I include the good, the bad and ugly of our homeschooling journey. It's not always peaches and cream; (2) I try to write words of encouragement for new homeschoolers and for homeschoolers that might be having a bad day. I remember the feelings of being a newbie homeschooling parent; and (3) I'm not "Super Homeschooler." I'm just a homeschool mom that has probably "been there, done that" as far as homeschooling goes and I will share with you what I have experienced.
We are eclectic in our approach, but didn't start out that way. We've made several changes throughout our homeschooling journey. During high school, besides our learning at home, my kids utilized programs and clubs offered at our local high school: sports, FLVS (Florida Virtual School), JRTOC, Teen Court, Student Government, Interact, SADD, Student Advisory Council, Junior Achievement, Relay for Life, Adopt-a-Road, and Holiday Food Drives. They have also completed some dual enrollment courses at our local community college.
Outside of school, they have both volunteered at The Angelus Haunted House as actors for several years. They are also Eagle Scouts (and in good standing with Order of the Arrow--although I'd like to see them participate more); and have been Den Chiefs for Cub Scouts until the Pack closed recently. This school year they both started working jobs.
I have found the teen years to be the hardest--not so much academically, but in their "sprouting of wings". My biggest regret is not graduating my oldest son before he turned 18. I slowed down his progress so he could continue with some dual enrollment and that was a huge mistake. My best advice to homeschoolers is to graduate your kids before they turn 18.
I guess that I would just like to share with you through my blog that it's okay to change things up, it's okay to have a bad day, and that in the end your kids will still turn out okay.
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