Barbara Braendlein

I discuss homeschool, grief to gratitude and her book Olive which is available now! Take a Listen! I am an author, an urban farm wife, and the homeschooling mother of my four special needs kids. My book, "Olive", released by Atmosphere Press, tells the story of the world through the eyes of a non-verbal, medically fragile five year old girl and while fiction, it is drawn from my very real life adventures raising kids with mitochondrial disease. I am a regular on The Deciding Factor Podcast and can speak with authority on why homeschooling is a viable option for families, on finding the extraordinary that lurks in every corner of our mundane lives, and on grief turned to gratitude in special needs parenting. And those are just the official topics -- I will follow a conversation wherever it leads and I never regret it! www.barbarabraendlein.com