We fell into homeschooling in 2003, when my then-seven-year-old became a second-grade drop-out. It was a bit of an adjustment for both of us, as my daughter had been at the school for just over 3 years, and I was making a radical transition from college professor to homeschool mom. But after those initial bumps, we haven’t looked back. Homeschooling allowed us to provide an education uniquely suited to our daughter’s mismatched collection of strengths and weaknesses, catering to the former while mitigating the latter. Along the way, I became a vocal advocate for independent homeschooling, run a local support group (in Spokane, on the sunny side of our state), and joined the WHO Board in January 2010. I serve as the Advocacy Chair and teach WHO’s Parent Qualifying Course.
