Mother and Child
![Mother with child nursing 7 x 10 original watercolor by Jonalyn Fincher copy](https://b3514630.smushcdn.com/3514630/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Mother-and-Child-Study-7-x-1022-original-watercolor-by-Jonalyn-Fincher-copy.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
How did we become a homeschooling-sailing family? I wasn’t always a mother and I didn’t always want to homeschool or travel. But the reality of a child to her mother has changed many an ambitious woman. As many good stories, this one begins with the birth of a chubby baby.
All is Calm
![All is Bright watercolor of candle with holly in dark room 7.5 x 6](https://b3514630.smushcdn.com/3514630/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/All-is-Bright-7.5-x-6.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
All is calm, all is bright. Now, let’s be a little bit more honest. These six little words could not be further from the truth.