08/21/2026
Back in June, I very quietly left my teaching career.
It feels surreal that next week my friends will be heading back for PD, and I will not.
Homeschooling was always the plan. It’s been my dream ever since I saw the plus sign on a pregnancy test with Lily. But in 2020, my life took a massive pivot I never could have predicted, so I went back to teaching high school chemistry.
And I adore teaching. I love science. I loved the people I worked with. But over the past five years, I slowly started dreading going to work. The trade-off just wasn’t there for me anymore. I kept thinking, “I’m sacrificing this much time with my kids for this?”
My road trip last summer changed me. The voice that had been growing steadily louder became impossible to ignore, and I knew it was finally time to make the jump.
I’ll be honest, the timing doesn’t totally make sense to me. There are still things that don’t add up. But the worst that happens is this doesn’t work out and I have to pivot again.
I have faith that I’m being called into this season for a reason, and that the provision will come.
And I am SO freaking excited to finally be homeschooling my children and pursuing full-time entrepreneurship again.
This small business carries a lot more weight now. So thank you for being here. Thank you for your support. It means SO much to me and my children.
I’m giving this everything I’ve got for one year and then I’ll re-evaluate. I'm keeping my homeschool expectations low this year while I get my feet under me, but I’m so freaking stoked to finally be starting.
Here’s to a very different kind of back-to-school season. 💜
