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Homeschoolzilla Takes On… Meet Homeschoolzilla:Welcome to my little corner of the Internet. I have been managing my crazy, beautiful life of homeschool and much more! I'm excited to share all of it with you. I'll be exploring a new facet of this chaotic life every week. I'm hoping that you will find a place for connection and community here. I'm going through the candidate process to be a Methodist minister, adjusting to ostomy life, menopause, and homeschooling at the same time. Piece of cake?!? My JourneyMy teenager, who’s still at home has autism and is gender neutral. I don't mind telling you that the trouble with public school started when we got a new president who said my kid didn't matter or even exist. They closed the no-gender bathrooms and had to get paperwork that no longer had no other options, between male and female. The bullies were emboldened by the new administration of hate. I had to get my child out of there.&nbsp;That's when I came to homeschooling. I've been researching a lot on the fly and off the cuff. Next week, we are going to go into how to choose the best program for your special children, too!&nbsp; I had a rough year last year, but I'm going to turn it around! In June of last year, my bowel perforated. I went septic and was in a coma. They told my husband that it was 50/50 odds on my waking up at all. I did but when I woke up I had a colostomy bag. I thought my life was over. I could never go back to my “regular” life. The new normal is all about relaxed, chilled, but effective homeschooling, parenting a transgender teen, and learning to live again after emergency surgery left me with a colostomy bag. The bag changed everything. One moment, I was in pain; the next, I was waking up in a hospital bed with a colostomy bag and a lot of fear. Recovery has been very slow, very emotional, and very, very humbling. But it’s also taught me a lot about resilience — mine and my family’s.&nbsp;I'm exploring many different areas of my spirit: autism support, ostomy life, having neurodivergent children and husband, as well as menopause, and finding my calling at 50.&nbsp;Let’s go through it together. &nbsp;What is the crazy mountain you are climbing? I began down the path of candidacy to be a Methodist minister in 2023. To be honest, I always thought being the preacher's daughter would always be a weight around my neck. It turns out, I was listening and soaking up every bit of religious education I was offered. Those stories were always for me. I always thought I wasn't good enough of a moral leader to be a minister. I always had so much respect for preachers. I guess I didn't feel that respectable.&nbsp;I'm going to be educating myself about all things about having a modern ministry,centering on social justice. I will share it all here.&nbsp; I hope you are ready, because this woman, Homeschoolzilla, is about to take on…. Something different every time!&nbsp; I want to take you with me, so that we don't do this alone! I'm doing it, you can too. If you're here, maybe you're walking your own twisty path. I hope this space reminds you that you're not alone.See you next week!&nbsp; -Homeschoolzilla

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