Gifts and Wound: ElenaLee’s Story

ElenaLee blogs at Our Place. A blogger I very much respect once spoke of events in her life bringing both a gift and a wound. A gift and a wound—I carry this imagery with me like a familiar piece of jewelry or some small memento, some reminder of where I have been and of where I hope to go. The

In a Closed and Sometimes Tightly Knit Sphere

“I grew up being told and believing homeschoolers were the better socialized group over public schooled kids. I would scoff and laugh if anyone ever challenged that idea. ‘Of course we’re socialized!’ I would haughtily answer anyone who questioned the socializing of homeschoolers. I knew what I was talking about, I was very well socialized, I could talk for hours with the adults… Little did I know how wrong I was.”