Episode 11: Meg

Sharing a convo with my virtual bud Meg this week. Meg and I have known each other since 2019, but have never met in-person. She lives in Vermont and has three kiddos: a sophomore in college, a junior in high school, and a six year old. She’s the first person I’ve interviewed who a) doesn’t live in Colorado and b) has older kids, so I’ve been excited to share, because she’s done the thing, is doing the thing, and her story is a reminder that you can’t predict the path. Also: all of it is temporary and fleeting; a window of time you can’t get back.She speaks to the winding road between public school, homeschool, public school, college, and homeschool hybrids…echoing some of what Amanda (ep. 9) shared: that one of the gifts of homeschool is that her older kids had a solid sense of self by the teen years. “They knew who they were, they know who they are.” And I gotta pull this quote, too:“Part of that betrayal was my own, like I was learning in real time that the idea that I had had that someone other than myself and Chris were responsible for our children’s education….that that was never actually true to begin with. It was just an idea that I had absorbed through the culture.”Oof. It’s so good, Meg is so easy to talk (and listen) to, and I find her perspective a breath of fresh air. Thanks for listening 💫 Resources shared >Orton Gillingham Singapore MathMathhelp.comBrave WriterMeg’s substack and website Watch this interview on YouTubeThanks for reading, listening, engaging in any way! To support my work, give it a ♥️, share it, dialogue with me in the comments, and/or consider being a free or paid subscriber. I appreciate you. Get full access to Peace Mail at peacemail.substack.com/subscribe