March is a funny month. The world is supposed to be waking up-buds pushing through cold soil, birds testing out their morning songs; but, most days, it still feels like winter.

And inside your home? It feels like winter there, too. The kids are restless. The lessons feel like a hamster wheel instead of a spark. You catch yourself sighing more than smiling, counting the hours until bedtime, wondering if you’re even making a dent in their education-or if it’s all just slipping through cracks…

February is that awkward middle child of the homeschool year. The excitement of new books and fresh planners from January? Fading. Spring? Too far away. Right now, you’re caught in the gray, trudging through lessons while your kids bounce off the walls or slump over their math work.

It’s the time of year when the days feel long, the patience feels short, and you start questioning if you’re even cut out for this. Sound familiar? You’re not alone.

January always feels like an invitation, doesn’t it? An invitation to pause, reflect, and begin again. The start of a new year carries a kind of hope—a quiet whisper that reminds us of God’s promise: His mercies are new every morning.

But let’s be honest. Homeschooling in January can feel more like trudging through the snow in mismatched socks than a fresh start. The books are still piled on the table, the lesson plans are half-finished, and your coffee is cold—again. You’re wondering if you’re doing enough, if you’re enough.

Here’s the truth: you don’t have to be enough.

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This morning, I opened curtains to fog-fog so thick that I could barely see the driveway. ⁣

The frustrational vision of wrestling to wrangle fogs we can’t control-it is real. ⁣

I remembered a sermon I heard decades ago...⁣

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿. It changes how we view our days, moments big and small, 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝖼𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗉𝖺𝖼𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝗐𝖾’𝗏𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖽.

Surprising reality of envy: it doesn’t let you see others with a whole heart. It shades grace.

If you’ve been following the homeschool arena, whether through conferences, conventions, Pinterest, old school blogs, Periscope, other social media avenues, you’ve seen this. The more “perfectly” curated all is, the more is going on that we don’t see(and truthfully, it doesn’t all need to be on display for worldwide audience). We get clouded by curation and forget how human the person on the other side of the screen truly is. At least, that’s what I did.

Let me backup a bit, because this is a lesson on envy, how it clouds grace…

Humble 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘦? Gritty 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭? Modern 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵? Tender 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩?

It’s no wonder women feel stuck in the comparison trap!

I’m not sure why, I just thought adulthood would be easier than hard childhood. That, I’d know how to do life. But, here’s the part I missed-you bring into adulthood things you carried with you, good and not good.