What Kind of Person Homeschools?

There were twenty of us circled in my living room last night.  Nobody knew everybody.  Everybody knew somebody.  We all had two things in common...we were preparing to embark on a new year of homeschooling and we all attend the same church. 

We slowly worked our way around the circle, trying to figure each other out.  We were like planets on different orbital paths, but with the same center, the Bright and Morning Star. 

"Young planets," just getting started, shared their fears and anticipation as they cradled the newest born of their growing families.  "Veteran planets" gave us wise counsel, like meteors aimed straight at our hearts, discussing everything from high school transcripts to leaving a legacy of learning. 

We shared laughs over our children's antics, winced at the hard things we face, cried with one mother's painful discovery.  Like the gravitational pull that holds the physical world together, and the wisdom of God that holds all things together, we were attracted to each other's stories and hearts.  A little universe of twinkling stars and tilting planets.

We each shared three words that describe us.  So what kind of person homeschools?  Uptight, relaxed, talkative, quiet, outgoing, shy, firstborn, youngest, soft, firm, organized, scattered.  I was blessed and impressed by the diversity of personalities and yet the unity of heart and mind in this grand, galactic adventure.