My name is Anne Galivan and I have been home-schooling since 1990, which as I write this means that I have been home-schooling for 20 years (and counting).  Wow.  Yeah, I am just going to stop here for a minute and feel really tired…

I have four children who are at this time: 26, 22, 16 and 8.  So I have quite a few years still before my home-schooling “career” will come to an end.  (I sure hope my kids are saving up for my pension!)

I have home-schooled in South Florida and North Florida.  I moved three times in eight years while home-schooling and that doesn’t even include the six weeks my family was “homeless” after Hurricane Andrew (we camped out at the homes of various family members during that time).   After Andrew (yes, going through a Category 5 hurricane allows you to be on a  first-name basis with it) my husband and I purchased a damaged home and lived in it while we rebuilt it – all the while continuing to home-school.

In addition to this I have home-schooled through two difficult pregnancies, personal tragedy and chronic illness.

Despite all these seeming obstacles I have continued to home-school because I believe that it is hands-down the best option for giving my children a superior education while being able to impart my values to them.  It was a struggle at times but it was so worth it.

One of the things I will surely discuss in my blog is the many benefits that have accrued to my family because of home-schooling – some of which I couldn’t have foreseen or imagined when I first began this journey.  I am so thankful that I “stuck it out” so as to see the fruit that I now see exhibited in my children’s lives which is – to a great extent – the result of a choice I made so many years ago to home-school.

If you would like to hear more about my home-schooling journey, you can listen to a podcast interview that I did with Richard M. Potter of “Potter on Purpose” here:  http://homeschooling911.com/a-podcast-interview-with-yours-truly/

P.S.  Have questions?  Fill out the form on the contact page and I will be happy to get back to you!