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My favorite children's illustrator has passed away.  Maurice Sendak died today.  While he is best known for his book "Where the Wild Things Are," I knew him best as the man who illustrated my FAVORITE childhood book:  A Kiss for Little Bear.

As a general rule, I am not very attached to books…never really have been.  I'm definitely not like many homeschool moms who dream of a home filled with bookcases from floor to ceiling.  But we always had books around when I was growing up and had plenty of books for our children to read until we purged 95% of what we owned to begin our travel lifestyle.

Did you know I am a published author?  Yep.  Well, on Kindle I am.  I actually have 10 titles on my virtual bookshelf for Kindle (2 aren't live), I have another finished and waiting to upload and another in the works.  I am really nothing special…if I can do it, anyone can do it.

Here's a screen shot of my account…I did black out the titles and ASIN numbers for privacy.

Last week, I stepped into very new and very uncomfortable territory: 3 of our 5 children went to school.

Before you think I've lost my marbles or have "seen the light" that public education is good for children (what light?), let me explain.

We are in Mexico.  Yes, Mexico, the country, not New Mexico, but the "dangerous" country that makes the news for drug wars and violence.  Except we haven't seen ANYTHING here like that propoganda on TV.  But I digress…

I read an article today that deeply saddened me.  I'm sure the stories have more to them, but the fact that law enforcement offers are being called in to deal with "out of control" or just misbehaving children should be a wake up call to everyone, not just a reminder to homeschool families why we do what we do.  Here's the original article.

Now, just to be clear, I know that not everyone can homeschool…and not everyone even wants to homeschool.  But it appears as though the tide is turning in the educational system in the US and it's not for the better. 

This post, titled Your Children Want YOU!, has gone viral, but am I the only one that looks at these pins on Pinterest and DOES NOT feel the way the author does?  I don't look at all these pins and think badly of myself.  I KNOW I'm not superwoman and don't intend to be.  I post things I like, not because I feel like I need to do them all to have a sense of worth, but because I just like them.