{"id":64793,"date":"2023-10-24T10:41:20","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T14:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/?p=64793"},"modified":"2026-02-16T11:05:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:05:04","slug":"bittersweet-not-homeschooling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/bittersweet-not-homeschooling\/","title":{"rendered":"Bittersweet: My First Fall NOT Homeschooling"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_64804\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64804\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/bittersweet-not-homeschooling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-64804\" src=\"https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_7232-1024x605.jpeg\" alt=\"Bittersweet: My First Fall NOT Homeschooling\" width=\"675\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_7232-1024x605.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_7232-300x177.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_7232-768x454.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_7232-1536x908.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_7232-2048x1211.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-64804\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Oh my heart &#8211; I miss these faces! My life 12 years ago, wow!<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Bittersweet: My First Fall NOT Homeschooling<\/em> ~<br \/>\n<em>Written by <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3qyFDKX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Jamie C. Martin<\/strong><\/a> of Simple Homeschool and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/introvertedmoms.com\/join\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Introverted Moms<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>My friends, it has a been a bittersweet autumn for my mother&#8217;s heart.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Time is a weird, weird thing. You try to grit your teeth and get through one day at a time, then somehow blink to find 15 years has past. <em>Weird, weird, weird.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>My first fall not homeschooling has been both glorious and causing me to occasionally burst into tears. In this life, it seems like we don&#8217;t just get one or the other. Not just the &#8220;sweet&#8221; and thankfully, not just the &#8220;bitter&#8221; &#8211; but a mix of both.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure in your own way, you know just what I mean!<\/p>\n<p><strong>So I recorded a full episode (Ep 118) on my <a href=\"https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Simple Homeschool podcast<\/a> to chat through the mixed emotions that have been coming up for me, and what I&#8217;m learning through them:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/simple-homeschool\/id1485152841?i=1000626992363\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Click here to listen in!<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" title=\"Embed Player\" src=\"https:\/\/play.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/27959466\/height\/128\/theme\/modern\/size\/standard\/thumbnail\/yes\/custom-color\/3ebdc0\/time-start\/00:00:00\/playlist-height\/200\/direction\/backward\/download\/yes\" width=\"100%\" height=\"128\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Bittersweet: My First Fall NOT Homeschooling<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Let me give you just a few examples of how this is playing out:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64802\" src=\"https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_3655-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"472\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_3655-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_3655-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_3655.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sweet: Seeing my 19-year-old Jonathan spread his wings as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jonathan_dmartin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lighting Director for the Jonas Brothers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bitter: The way it twists my heart that he has a whole new <em>(and radically different!)<\/em> life that I&#8217;m not a daily part of<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*****<\/p>\n<p>Sweet: My Elijah (18) starting our public school&#8217;s program for Special Needs Youth ages 18-22<\/p>\n<p>Bitter: Getting public school e-blasts and being part of &#8220;the system&#8221; after 15 years outside of it <em>(though I&#8217;m so, so grateful, too!)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*****<\/p>\n<p>Sweet: My Trishna (20) growing and using her gifts as she works at her first adult job<\/p>\n<p>Bitter: Watching her have the stress of difficult co-workers and being neurodivergent in a neurotypical world<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*****<\/p>\n<p>Sweet: Not having to get up early for the homeschool day!<\/p>\n<p>Bitter: Those sparkly, magical moments that came now and then during breakfast read-alouds around the dining table<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*****<\/p>\n<p>Sweet: The excitement and possibility of imagining what might be next for me<\/p>\n<p>Bitter: The scariness of the unknown and grieving the loss of a 15 year season<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64803\" src=\"https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_6382.jpeg\" alt=\"Bittersweet: My First Fall NOT Homeschooling\" width=\"688\" height=\"516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_6382.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_6382-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_6382-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_6382-550x413.jpeg 550w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_6382-350x263.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/simplehomeschool.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_6382-260x195.jpeg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>What feels bitter and sweet for you, fellow Simple Homeschoolers?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>However this homeschool year has been going thus far, whether it&#8217;s been heavy on the bitter or heavy on the sweet &#8211; please honor your reality of how it feels right now! <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We can look for balance on the other side of the scale when highs or lows threaten our stability, but the first step is just being real about what&#8217;s there.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for letting me do that with you today, friends. <em>xo, Jamie<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/simple-homeschool\/id1485152841?i=1000626992363\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>If you&#8217;d like to hear me share more about the above, look for Episode 118 of the Simple Homeschool podcast here!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bittersweet: My First Fall NOT Homeschooling ~ Written by Jamie C. Martin of Simple Homeschool and Introverted Moms My friends, it has a been a bittersweet autumn for my mother&#8217;s heart. Time is a weird, weird thing. 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