Hey, everyone. Welcome to this week's podcast. I'm Durenda Wilson, wife to one, mom to eight,

Nana to six, and 25-year veteran homeschooling mom. I'm so excited that you're here today. I have a very special

guest, and I'm going to introduce her in just a minute. But before I do that, I want to encourage

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out there for other moms to see it and be encouraged. So enough of that, it is time to move on and get to the

meet of what we're going to be talking about today. Today I have Jamie Erickson here, who wrote a book.

It came out in 2019. It is such a good book. It is called homeschooling bravely. And Jamie Erickson

taught elementary school before becoming a mother. So when her first child turned five,

she made the decision to homeschool her daughter. Four more children followed, and she homeschools

all five of them. Jamie is the founder of the unlikely homeschools all five of them.

Jamie is the founder of the unlikely homeschool and a popular education blogger.

Her website, social media channels, and blog encourage and equip a growing tribe of more than, get this,

50,000 homeschooling mothers around the world.

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