Who We Are...A Reintroduction

I began this blog over 3 years ago, shortly after I began home schooling full time. In the past 3 years I have gained new readers, many of which don't personally know our family. Our familial circumstances have also drastically changed, so I feel that it's time to explain a little about who we are, an "introduction" to my newer readers, and a "reintroduction" for those of you who have known me all along.

As it says in my sidebar, my name is Rebecca. I am a stay-at-home-home-schooling-mom. I've raised/am raising 4 daughters. April is 20, B is 17, and neither of them live at home anymore, but both live nearby so that we see them somewhat frequently. Technically, April and B are "step"-daughters, but as I raised them full-time from the ages of 3 and 6, I consider them my own. I guess if we want to be TECHNICAL, they are no longer my actual step-daughters, as I was divorced a year and a half ago from their dad, but again....family isn't simply blood, or marital ties, and these 2 girls will always be daughters to me.

At home with me are my 2 biological daughters. C is 12 1/2 and in 7th grade. E is 8 and in 3rd grade. Both are active in softball. C loves cats to the point of obsession, playing the violin, and reading. E loves ALL animals, playing the piano, listening to music, reading, and helping others. E is the kindest, most generous person I've ever known. C has an attitude just like her mother, yet is a little shy. Both girls love to play outside, BE outside in nature, and being with friends.

I am recently remarried (6 weeks ago) to Mark. Mark is very private, and so am I, so I try not to write about him too often, or say too much when I do.

C and E's dad is Danny, to whom I was married for 12 years. He happens to be getting married (tomorrow) so the girls will have a step-mother, Brandi. As I don't know her, I won't say much about her, either.

That is basically WHO the main members of our family are. As I said, I've been a stay-at-home-mother since I met Danny, and April and B. I was a nurse prior to that, but my priority and Danny's has always been to BE home with our children, to raise them ourselves, to be the primary people they spend time with. No matter how poor we have been at times, we both considered it imperative to put parenting and time with the girls first. It never crossed either of our minds that I work outside the home, leaving my children with someone else, and when we divorced, we both agreed C and E shall remain home schooled.

Now that you know the basics of who is our family, in my next post I will address the main aspect of our life, which is home schooling. Everything I do, every day, from my schedule to my finances ( or lack thereof ) , from the girls visiting their dad to when I am able to do chores and yard work, my life is dictated by putting my daughters first, educating them, spending time with them, giving them the best possible life I can, being the best possible mother I can.