Today we kick off Spring break. And you know what that means? Summer is comin’ ya’ll! I say every year once Spring break is finished the rest of the school year seems to speed up. I’m sure it hits teachers a bit differently, and maybe I will take that comment back since this year–I AM the teacher! All I know is, that warm sun can’t come soon enough.
But today, for your viewing pleasure….I am taking you back to fall. Fall was, honestly, a whole big ball of blur for me. I spent most of those first few months of homeschooling (I say a “few” but what I really mean is most of the whole, entire year) to figure out and find our groove. It has not been an easy journey; it did not go as planned and there were definite moments of wanting to throw in the whole dang towel. I nearly did and I nearly lost my mind in the process. But. (Did you hear that? There was a but….that means there was a glimmer of hope) Buuuuuut, looking back at how far we’ve come, where we are at currently. I could cry a little. Only good, successful tears this time– not those of despair. And that is huge. Somehow God heard my desperation, and slowly but surely, we found our way. It is far from perfect, but it’s feeling like we will at least end the year on some sort of positive note. For that, I am glad.
I know many of you stood beside me, understanding and warmly embracing me as I made the conscious decision to cut back to almost zero sessions for a while. Some of you have been patiently waiting for the “I’m back at it” post. While I still don’t fully know what next year is going to look like, I am finally feeling confident in booking more and more, little by little again. Will I book at 100% capacity again? I don’t know. I’m not sure if I am fully there yet and we still have some details that need to be worked out for next year. But what I can say is, God is moving and He has been answering prayers. But it’s still a wait and see at this point.
I’m not entirely sure why I just shared all of that. I guess when I posted the first photo and realized, Oh, that was taken last Fall…. and….I don’t remember a whole lot about that time other than a lot of tears. Ha. And then the words just spewed forth. And now I’m going to just leave it at that and allow you some time to mull over the beauty of this session. I do remember, this was a bright spot. And it was a little therapeutic editing my way through this session…..because look how amazing?!? Unfortunately, my website is only allowing me to upload a few when what I really want to do is share them all! It probably just knows me all to well and is like, “Caley–dude, no one wants to scroll through 100 pages of photos, just share these and let it be.” 🙂
This is me just letting it be.
