Comments on: I Am: On Crying in the Shower/Ending the Homeschooling Journey https://simplehomeschool.net/ending-the-homeschooling-journey/ Never let your schooling interrupt your education. Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:05:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Rebekah Emerson https://simplehomeschool.net/ending-the-homeschooling-journey/#comment-819681 https://simplehomeschool.net/?p=64628#comment-819681 ]]> In reply to Rebekah Emerson.

Cries not fries! Spellcheck didn’t like cries. 😂

]]> By: Rebekah Emerson https://simplehomeschool.net/ending-the-homeschooling-journey/#comment-819680 https://simplehomeschool.net/?p=64628#comment-819680 )]]> Thank you so much for sharing all your introverted homeschool mom thoughts with us through these past years. I’m ending my journey too this year (2024). You always seemed to put into words what I was feeling. I liked your post-it notes pictures too, they were just what I needed that day. So thank you from the bottom of my heart. (By the way, I also love tea and books. And I have good fries in the shower too. 😉)

]]> By: Shahzad https://simplehomeschool.net/ending-the-homeschooling-journey/#comment-815174 https://simplehomeschool.net/?p=64628#comment-815174 👩‍🏫🏡❤]]> Jamie, your heartfelt reflection on the end of your homeschooling journey is beautifully expressed. It’s a mix of nostalgia, growth, and the bittersweet feeling of letting go. Your words resonate with anyone who has embarked on this incredible journey of educating and nurturing their children. 📚👩‍🏫🏡❤️

]]> By: Jamie C. Martin https://simplehomeschool.net/ending-the-homeschooling-journey/#comment-814870 https://simplehomeschool.net/?p=64628#comment-814870 In reply to Joanna.

Thank you so much, Joanna! I’ve already found myself thinking things like, “Why did we never record our Breakfast School?” It’s insane how something so rote and on repeat can vanish, almost overnight. It’s both beautiful and hard – a real paradox.

]]> By: Jamie C. Martin https://simplehomeschool.net/ending-the-homeschooling-journey/#comment-814869 https://simplehomeschool.net/?p=64628#comment-814869 In reply to Kara Fleck.

Thank you so much, friend – it was a true pleasure and a gift to walk part of this journey beside you! Beyond crazy to find ourselves with older kids in these new seasons, right?!! xo

]]> By: Jamie C. Martin https://simplehomeschool.net/ending-the-homeschooling-journey/#comment-814868 https://simplehomeschool.net/?p=64628#comment-814868 In reply to Rebecca.

I do hope you will continue SimpleHomeschool though.

That is my plan right now, Rebecca, until God says otherwise!

not enough older, seasoned homeschool mamas who are done but keep passing on the wisdom gleaned throughout their homesschooling years through an internet presence. I hope you will be one of those.

I’ve thought the same and am glad to be able to continue encouraging from here for now!

but in our country, this is the last year we have the freedom to homeschool, and I cry that I might not be able to continue homeschooling my younger children…

Oh Rebecca, this is truly heartbreaking! Is this in France? I hadn’t heard!

]]> By: Jamie C. Martin https://simplehomeschool.net/ending-the-homeschooling-journey/#comment-814867 https://simplehomeschool.net/?p=64628#comment-814867 In reply to Marnita.

Yes yes yes, Marnita, to all of this! So special that our paths crossed in this online universe. And oh my goodness I love your “teacher Mommy” nickname! xo

]]> By: Jamie C. Martin https://simplehomeschool.net/ending-the-homeschooling-journey/#comment-814866 https://simplehomeschool.net/?p=64628#comment-814866 In reply to Caroline Rose.

Love you, my friend. I couldn’t have done it without you listening to my fears and worries along the way! 😉 xo

]]> By: Joanna https://simplehomeschool.net/ending-the-homeschooling-journey/#comment-814855 https://simplehomeschool.net/?p=64628#comment-814855 All the feels. I’ve still got five to go but one is graduated and it made me realize how precious and fleeting these beautiful, messy, difficult, wonder-filled, whimsical, exhausting, bonding, memorable days are with my kids. Your poem captured all of it so beautifully and perfectly. Well done, mama! (On the poem but more so on schooling your beautiful family at home.)

]]> By: Kara Fleck https://simplehomeschool.net/ending-the-homeschooling-journey/#comment-814799 https://simplehomeschool.net/?p=64628#comment-814799 What a journey! Thank you for bringing so many of us along with your family, for your poignant words and poetry, and for the preview of the exciting next chapters for the Martins. Well done, all of you!

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