Mike Smith:
I’m so pleased to have my wife Elizabeth with me today on Home School Heartbeat. Welcome, Elizabeth Smith!

Elizabeth:
Thank you very much. I’m very pleased to be here.

Mike:
Elizabeth, can you share with our listeners how homeschooling our children prepared you for your life after homeschooling?

Elizabeth:
Well, I would have to say homeschooling our children challenged me in the best sense of the word. Because I wanted to be a good parent, and I wanted to be prepared, I read books on parenting; I read books on prayer. I wanted to be equipped because I knew, and I felt the pressure was resting on me, to produce some sort of a product relative to my homeschooling efforts. At the same time, I knew there were no guarantees. There was no research yet; we didn’t know if homeschooling would be successful. Parents hadn’t homeschooled long enough to know what would happen after homeschooling. And so it also drove me, I should say, to my knees because I was asking for the Lord to give me direction and help and all that I needed to really meet the needs of my children and my family at the time.

Mike:
Thank you, Elizabeth. And until next time, I’m Mike Smith.