I've homeschooled 3 older children and was bouncing around a lot, especially with two of them. I have said different times that I wish we would have had HOD when I was schooling them. In the beginning with dd8, I did the same thing, even put her in Christian school for a while, because I just didn't know what would work. I wanted consistency. When she was partway through the year at school, I knew I needed to bring her back home. But, what was I going to use? I searched and searched for something......I wasn't sure WHAT I was looking for. I guess it was the Lord that led me to somehow come across HOD in my search online. To this day, I cannot tell you how I found it. But, when I saw it, immediately I knew HOD was it. We are in our second year with HOD, and I love it, although I can tell you that there have been times when I see something else, I will start 'wondering' or should I say 'wandering'
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I have looked at other things, but I always come back to HOD. Just earlier today, I was talking to a close friend, who is having a hard time settling down with curriculum. I haven't convinced her of HOD....yet.
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I need to confess, I had been talking to her recently about maybe doing something a little different for science next year.
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But even in the midst of it, I was still unsettled. I looked everything over just this morning and it happened again. Somehow, I just knew that I needed to forget looking at other books and do HOD science along with everything else. That peace and feeling of relief came over me once again, just like it did 2 years ago when I found HOD. I'm sure there will be times my mind may start 'wandering' again, but I believe I have the strength to not give into that 'temptation'.
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Really, I love this feeling of stability!
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I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. III John 4
Pam
dh 33 yrs
ds29 church planter in MA
dd27 SAH mom
dd26
dd 12
3 dgs(5,2, & born 6/15) & 2 dgd(3 & born 2/15)