If I can say anything and if you take anything away from this, it's that do not be afraid that you have

ill equipped your children or have made some sort of unfixable mistake because you haven't and you

aren't and what you're doing is good and holy work. And I think that your children, regardless of

if they can see that now or if they see it in 10 years or 30, like they will see the fruits of

that will be shown whether in this in this life or the next. So thank you for the work that you do

and for the way that you pour into this next generation because it's a gift to all of us.

Early on in my homeschooling journey, pretty much everyone in my world told my husband and I that we

were making a huge mistake. Home schooling was weird and it was unfamiliar to them and of course most

of us are afraid or at least skeptical of things that are weird or unfamiliar to us. Well I actually

didn't know anyone in my personal life who was homeschooling. I read some blogs, I read some books

obviously and I just had this very strong hunch that we should do this home education thing.

So we did right from the beginning with our oldest Audrey and I'm so glad we did. I loved it.

Not every minute of it. Let's be clear. We'll talk about it. But now that my oldest kids are adults,

I'm so grateful for the time I got with them during all those growing up years. I'm Sarah McKenzie,

a mama of six and author of both Teaching from Rest and the Read-A-Loud family and this is the

Read-A-Loud revival. Today I have a treat for you, my oldest Audrey, who's 20 years old right now,

just finished her sophomore year at Franciscan University in Stubanville as an English major and

she's joining me here on the show. Now Audrey and all five of her siblings have been homeschooled

their entire education. She's the oldest, she's 20. We also have an 18, a 16, a 10 and 28.

And there were some rocky years in there. When Audrey was 12, you know, sixth grade-ish,

I also had a 10-year-old, an eight-year-old, a one-year-old, and twin newborns. It makes me tired.

Just to describe it. Three babies, age one and under. We're going to talk about it. Not

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