As parents of 7 children whom we’ve homeschooled for 23 years, I love pretend play. But I know it’s just that. PRETEND. My eight-year-old daughter put a box on her back today, and said she was a turtle. She crawled around on the floor. I said “There’s a turtle in my house!” But I didn’t think that she had actually become a turtle. And I’m not going to ‘affirm’ that she is really a turtle if she thinks that’s ’her truth’. Her now 18-year-old sister once pretended she was a cat for almost a whole

For over 7 years, we’ve homeschooled our children—ever since God first called me in 2018 through a dream that changed everything. That call shaped our home, our rhythms, and so much of our journey. We’ve tried the public school setting before back in Florida, but to be honest, it was hard. Our children experienced bullying, and they were even targeted for what we do as influencers. It was a painful season, and it reminded us why obedience to God’s voice mattered so much. So even now, as we take