The Old Schoolhouse Magazine

From Our Family
To Yours
Deborah Wuehler

Hello friends! Here we are in thisnewspringseasonreintro- ducing this old column called From Our Family to Yours! Gena Suarez and I missed this personal touch where we let you know what is going on in our lives as well as what is going on in the magazine. So, she and I will take turns letting you know what is happening in our lives.

Adventure!

Being a California girl much of my life, it was quite a shock when my husband’s job moved us to Colorado a year and a half ago. Initially, this was a difficult adjustment moving away from all of our family and friends and two grown children. But, our oldest son and his wife decided to move here with us, and we brought our five children who still lived at home, so we still had a full house. We decided to look at it as an adventure from the Lord’s hand. And it certainly has been!

Jonathon and his wife, Abby, found jobs at a large Christian church here in CO. Joshua, 20, works at the local small town grocery store and despite several attacks on his health and his wallet, has been on two trips to Guatemala since we’ve been here. Our 17 year old, Caleb, who will graduate this year, just accepted a job back in California where his sister, Hannah, works. So, we now have another responsible adult away from home. Although my mother heart misses him, I know that it was the best decision as he was getting anxious to do something different. The story of Jeannie Fulbright’s son is similar, as she sent him off to backpack through Europe and he came back a very different young man!

So, we have an interesting mix: 3 grown adults in CA, 3 grown adults here, and 3 children we are still homeschooling: Mercy ( 15), Hope ( 13), and Jacob ( 9). Where did all my babies go? I can’t believe our little Adonai Academy will graduate our fifth child this May with only three more to go. The days are long, but the years go by fast, and I am seeing the many rewards of homeschooling for the long haul, and the benefits of demonstrating that kind of perseverance to our children.

One of the first things we did here was try to get our house organized in a fashion that would help us all. Organization is not my specialty, but it is Abby’s. (Check out the articles on organizing your preschooler organizing your high schooler, and organizing your schoolwork for the road!) After she helped set us up, she started working from home as my assistant. I have been working here at TOS for over 15 years. So many of us homeschool moms work full time or part time while still homeschooling, but there are always pros and cons to consider.

The spring weather here is highly unpredictable. A beautiful sunny and warm day and then wind and snow arrive later the same day. We dress in layers and always bring a jacket wherever we go. I am looking forward to planting a small garden, but because of the uncertain weather, we have to wait until mid-May. Right now, everything is dead, or we have mud. But what better way for kids to learn than to play in the mud?

This “spring” weather also brings icy
roads which makes for a lot of accidents,
and I’ve been told this is also tornado
country out here on the plains. As a fam-
ily, it has been important that we all stay in
communication. And, in light of so many
emergency situations we have seen nation-
wide, we asked an expert to give us some
hints on family communication during
emergencies. Let’s pray for protection and
stay prepared.

What’s Coming Next?

We are so excited about the fact that we are now printing both the Summer and Winter issues! What’s coming up in Summer content is just as exciting! We will have articles about current homeschool stats and the dangers of common core. We cover careers in flight, NASA, gifted kids, grammar, American folklore, getting your kids to write, and tearless homeschool math. We even have homekeeping with berries and jam making! Plus, you get to hear from a homeschool mom like you in our Show and Tell story as well as hear from Gena in this new column! You won’t want to miss this!

See you next issue! And in the meantime, remember that what God has called you to do, He will both make you able to do and will also provide what you need to do it. Keep persevering as you keep them Home Where They Belong.

Deborah Wuehler is the Senior Editor for TOS, participating author in The Home-school Minute, wife to Richard, and mom to eight gifts from heaven. She loves digging for buried treasure in the Word, reading, writing, homeschooling, and dark chocolate! You may contact her at senioreditor @ TheOldSchoolhouse .com.