What keeps me from wanting another child?  Fear.  A million "what ifs."  Make it 10 million.
What's kept me from jumping into home education earlier on?  Fear.  A billion "what ifs."

But I'm not doing anything new here.  Other moms have passed the 3 child mark without batting an eye.  Other moms have been teaching their own for centuries.  

Each new phase of life seems impossible until you're in the thick of it.  What is it like to stay up all night with a newborn?  Impossible - until it's your own.  What's it like to eliminate every favorite food from your 5 year old's diet?  Impossible - until you do it.  What's it like to participate in your first homebirth?  Impossible - until the baby comes out on her own.  

What's it like to have a 4th child?  Impossible for a few more years.  What's it like to educate at home?  Impossible - for a few more weeks.  So here's to acknowledging the fear and yielding to the thought that all things are possible with God.

 Abby and Rain, who were once impossible.

"Impossible things are happening every day." - Cinderella's Fairy Godmother