Do Your Kids Want To Travel – part 2

As I continue to lay there and mull the possibilities, I realized that it was time to completely hand over the reins to her and see how far she could go. I knew the motivation to go was there but I didn’t just want to make the promise that we were going without some tangible results.
We (her & I) had struggled with our homeschooling journey. She enjoyed learning new languages and math but when it came to writing it was as if we hit a brick wall. I had fallen in love with the idea of unschooling but when it came to practicing the principles I failed somewhat miserable.

So as I lay there this past weekend, I decided to take a leap of faith and hand her education over to her. It was needless to say a scary thought but I knew her motivation was strong and if I planned it right, before we even went on the trip she would have a better education than her school counterparts. I wanted to present her with how all the things she is learning is applied to life and the real world.

I got up and began brainstorming how I wanted to present this to her and wrote a letter. In my next blog, I will share the letter and the breakdown of what it will cover. The funny thing is that after the letter was presented to her and we started discussing it, we realized that we would need at least 3 weeks to travel. I began to think that there was no way neither my husband or I could take that much time off from work.

Tears were still coming down my daughters face as she reread the letter for the umpteenth time and as I looked at her I realized that I was not practicing what I preached. I keep telling my kids go after your dreams and don’t let anything get in your way but I still do nothing towards the realization of me wanting to become a travel and nature writer/photographer. If I was seriously going to be a role model for my children than I needed to start getting serious about making portable income that would allow us to do the things we needed to do. (but that is another blog entry for a later date.)

Life is too short not to take time to do the things that creates joy, love, and laughter in our lives.