Home School Heartbeat Radio Program

Mike Smith:
This week, I'm pleased to have author, wife, homeschooling mom, and my friend Heidi St. John on the program. Heidi, thanks for joining us today!

Heidi St. John:
Hey, Mike, thanks for having me!

Mike: Heidi, you just released your first book, The Busy Homeschool Mom’s Guide to Romance. Tell us about the main character in your book—That Girl. Who is she? And how did she end up in your book for homeschooling moms?

Heidi:
Well, That Girl is inside of each mom. I think that she’s the girl most moms want to be, but they lose sight of her as the pressures of homeschooling and life come. And certainly she’s the girl my husband prefers to the harried homeschool mom I can sometimes be. She’s a dreamer; her schedule’s uncluttered; she pursues her husband. So she’s a student of her husband, like she was before they were married.

And she ended up in my first book for homeschooling moms because I really believe that marriage, by God’s design, has to be the most important relationship in the home. So the book is a very honest look at a day of my marriage, and also the effects of homeschooling on it, and what it took for him to help me find That Girl again. It’s a story of hope and encouragement.

Mike:
Heidi, thanks for joining us today! We’ll be talking about marriage, homeschooling, and That Girl, all week. And until next time, I’m Mike Smith.