Meet the Contributors

Meet the fellow homeschooling moms who add their stories, wisdom, and ideas here. You can read about Jamie, the main voice on the blog, here.

Kris Bales enjoys reading, photography, and blogging about life with her three weird, unsocialized homeschoolers. She has even learned to love running and biking in her quest to overcome obesity. She blogs about her progress at Eclipsed.

Hillary Boucher explores the question, “How can we support our family and live our ideal life?,” as she designs a life well lived alongside her husband and three children. Hillary blogs about mindful family living, diy sustainability and the new American dream at infinitely learning.

Lora Lynn Fanning chronicles life as a homeschool mom, twin mom, adoptive mom, and generally busy mom of six (soon to be seven!) young children over at Vita Familiae.

Jessica Fisher earned a BA in French Literature and a Masters of Education before teaching high school level English, French and Yearbook. Now a busy mom to six children, she shares tips and tricks for handling the parenting gig “with a good attitude” on Life as MOM while the foodie side of her develops frugal recipes at Good Cheap Eats.

Amida Lee is a crafter at heart who loves to make stuff, a homebody who loves to venture outdoors, and above all else, a dedicated mom with the goal of raising lifelong learners. She used to stress about state standards and test scores but has since come to her senses and enjoys blogging about her family’s journey into unschooling.

Sarah Small and her family live in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains, where they enjoy hiking as much as possible. She has graduated one child from homeschooling and is happy to have miles left on the journey with her 10 and 13 year old children. With a master’s degree in English/creative writing, Sarah enjoys teaching writing and literature classes at her co-op and blogs about learning at SmallWorld at Home.

Renee Tougas inspires mothers, homemakers and homeschoolers to live creative, healthy, and joy-filled lives with her encouraging voice and beautiful photography. Fresh and honest, Renee’s blog FIMBYis the story of interest-led learning, intentional and adventurous family living.Drawing from her years of experience and training, Renee loves to encourage other homeschoolers with personalized Homeschool Coaching.

Rachel Wolf woke up recently and realized that she’s living the life she has always wanted. Her days are spent with and two spunky unschoolers, running LuSa Organics (her small business), and hanging the laundry out on the line. Rachel writes about her homeschooling, homemaking, and non-violent parenting path on her blog Clean.