You want to be impressed...here's how!

Hello Again! I would like to share a short story with you and encourage you to follow suite! About four years ago, or so, my wife attended her first large scale homeschooling conference. Of course, I was working and could not attend. The kids were with their grandparents for the few days it was going on.

The conference was about two hours from the house, so she stayed in a local hotel. Wow! The first evening, we talked on the phone, and she just kept saying, next year you are coming! When she came home, she was so excited! We talked...well actually, she talked and I listened!

What was it that excited her so much? Was it the great breakout sessions she attended by leaders of the movement or the hall full of vendors? Of course that was all well and good, but the most exciting part was simply the realization that she wasn't "alone" as a parent trying to homeschool, as she felt she was.

The next year I was in! Thanks again to wonderful grandparents, we were able to go alone, and it had changed venues and was twice as large. I could not believe my eyes! Everything she said was so true! Thousands of homeschooling parents, hundreds of  product vendors, and many wonderful sessions on various topics! No matter what a persons particular desire to learn about, there was probably a seminar  about it at the conference. Organization, disciplining, theories of teaching styles, teaching tips and techniques, just to name a few.

But like her from the past year, I felt a sense of encouragement from just seeing so many people that were blessed to be able to homeschool their children, and had been blessed enough to be able to attend. Imagine going to a major league game and EVERYONE in the stadium loved the team! Just being able to fellowship and and participate by meeting other parents from all over the multistate area boosted my spirits and left an impact on me that is almost indescribable.

Last year we went again and took our oldest daughter. She has already said, that she was coming with us next time! So men, if you have never been to a homeschooling conference, or if your wife has never been to one, do yourself both a favor and look for one near you, and you will leave with a renewed sense of passion like you haven't had since you started homeschooling!

Thanks for stopping in, may God Bless all the homeschooling dad's around the world, and I'll see you next time in Dad's Homeschool Garage!