My dearest readers,
The time has come to end Insider News. When I started paid subscriptions more than a year ago, I planned to send you monthly sneak peaks of the memoir I have been working on. I thought my life was shifting into a season where I would have more time to work on writing. As my kids got older, I thought, it would be easier for me to sign them up for external classes. I hoped to find other teachers to take on some of the responsibility.
Time and time again, we’ve considered sending them to school, but in the end, that decision doesn’t feel right. When I look back on my homeschool vision—why we do what we do—nothing has changed. I am deeply committed to this life we have chosen for our family, and the educational philosophy we have embarked on. Not one tiny part of me wants to send my kids to school so that I can write more.
Over the last two years, it’s become clear to me that homeschooling is more of a priority than my public writing life. I pushed back on this for a while. I can hear all the voices telling me it’s important for me to have a hobby of my own. But the reality is, the homeschool life is not just for my children. It brings vast joy into my own heart and mind as well. I won’t stop writing; I am a writer to my core. Writing is like breathing; I can’t live without it. But society is wrong. I simply can’t have it all. I can’t homeschool my kids, and create homeschool workshops, and write a memoir, and send out regular posts, and have a healthy social life, and lead ministry teams, and also keep my sanity and health. Every season looks a little different. And this season of my life is calling for me to spend less time sending my words out into the world and more time creating opportunities for my kids to learn with others.
Paid subscriptions will be turned off on Friday. Any annual subscriptions will be refunded pro rata. I’ll continue a free monthly newsletter here in this space, much like I started it long ago — a letter of sorts about what we’re up to, what we’re reading, cooking, loving, and more. I hope you’ll stick around for that.
I can’t thank you enough for supporting my words. One day I will finish my book. And when I do, you will be among the first to know.
With all my gratitude,
Excited to see where the creativity and learning takes you! And here for you!