Blog Post #1

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 Journey

My 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. 

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! 

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. 

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. 

Let’s go through it together.  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. 

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. 

I hope you are ready, because this woman, Homeschoolzilla, is about to take on…. Something different every time! 

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! 

-Homeschoolzilla