: About Me

I have 4 children, ages 12, 8, 5 and 3-and I homeshool them all. We have a house full of pets, books, music and fun, and writing is what I love to do. My husband is an editor of a physics journal, so we have just about every base covered to give our kids the best education possible. We live on the eastern end of Long Island and love our crazy life!

My passion is ...

cooking

I know too much about ...

reality tv!

My parents always told me ...

I was smart.

My childhood ambition ...

To be an actress.

My favorite memory ...

Summers as a child....

Why I write ...

I just love the creativity involved.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

anything by Stephen King, classic rock, "Survivor" and "The Amazing Race"

My first job ...

camp counselor at age 12

My best moment ...

falling in love

My inspiration ...

my husband Matt

Education > Homeschooling Top 10 things homeschooled children and parents get to do while everyone else is in school

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I have been homeschooling my children since they were born, and so have you! Maybe you never thought of it that way before, but you have. Since the day your baby was born, you have been the most important person in the world to that new little person. I always laugh when people ask me, "Don't you think your kids would benefit from a real teacher?" My answer is, what teacher could possibly care more about my kids than I do? In fact, homeschoolers have many opportunities that children who go to school never get. Most people would never think very hard about it, but it happens to be true. Wha...

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