Hey, moms, welcome to this episode of the Dorenda Wilson podcast. I'm Dorenda Wilson,

wife to one, mom to eight, nana to nine, and 26-year veteran homeschooling mom. I'm also the author of the

unhurried homeschooler, a simple, mercifully short book on homeschooling, and the four-hour

school day, how you and your kids can thrive in the homeschool life. If you haven't checked out

those books, I really want to encourage you to do that. You're going to find loads of

encouragement there.

The other resource that I love to share with you all is homeschooling today. So if you've decided

to homeschool and you listen to this podcast, I am guessing that you have a desire to slow down

and enjoy the journey. My friends at homeschooling today magazine

share our hearts for homeschooling. The print magazine, I'll say it again, it's gorgeous.

When it comes in the mail, you're going to want to get away and savor it. You'll find great

ideas for teaching that will inspire you, but you'll also feel emboldened to homeschool

in a way that helps your kids discover who God created them to be. That's one reason that I love

writing for them. I know that they're passionate about homeschooling and have a deep desire to help

you homeschool boldly to remind you that we're in this together and to help you see past the

present trials into the reality of your true calling, equipping your children to be the

remarkable people that God created. I will include a link in the podcast note so you can go

check that out. But today, I'm going to be talking about

writing. And actually, I have been dreading this episode. I'm just going to be honest with you

because our writing plan, I don't even know if I would call it a plan, what we ended up doing

over all of the years of homeschooling was so simple. And to the point that

it's almost embarrassing. And I remember telling my husband this when he suggested that I should

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