My baby turned 21 yesterday!

Hard to believe I was blogging about how cool it was to watch scary movies with my 16 year old just a few years ago, and now I have a 21 year old that bought his 1st drink at a casino! It's bittersweet. I get a text from his father saying: can you believe our baby turned 21 today? Yeah dude, allot has happened. I'm a proud mama.  I have different ideals than when he was growing up and school aged. I always brought him up to be free thinking and eclectic in his style of dress and music, but I was strict and very religious in our values and morals. Not a bad thing, but I was definitely a bit of an extremist. My son refused to be homeschooled. I think ultimately, I was a bit more pushy with the public schools he attended. I definitely made my presence known, and he only had a small handful of teachers that I felt failed to foster creativity. He and I were blessed with those individuals that cared for education and providing creative outlets for him. I'm thankful for that :) Happy birthday my baby....mama is proud of you and I love you even more!

Homeschooling mom villian

***post from 2012***
I have always had a problem with "validation" from others. Whether needing it, requesting it, or running away from it. It's crazy, you have to teach people have to treat you. The same is true of the notion of once bitten twice shy. Where am I going with this? As a 42 year old single mother of 4 kids ages 3, 5, 7, and 18, I should know what is best or what is better for them with regard to education and the like. My 7 year old son has been diagnosed with ADHD. He just wasn't doesn't doing well in a rigid setting. His current elementary school has a rule that during lunch time, yes lunch time, you cannot talk to your peers or anyone for that matter when the "music" is on. Now. for an adult that would be torture, can you imagine an ADHD or even a typical child? So, I have given up on the public school system. I will allow God to order my steps and let my children learn from their life experiences and use a biblical based curriculum at home, with yours truly, a teacher that loves and cares about my kids as individuals and not statistics.