The SpecialMoms Parenting Magazine Issue 5 | Page 25

oh, but she’s an eagle when she flies!
Juggling a business can be difficult for
anyone. How do you balance being both
a caregiver and a business woman? Share
with us some tips.

for special needs kids, but each time her health deteriorated drastically and she began having so many
seizures that sending her to school became not only
pointless but also impossible. So she is home to stay!

It’s hard for me because Bethany definitely demands
my time and attention and does not like to wait for
it! I try to put in about an hour or two sharing on my
social media accounts and checking email first thing in
the morning while she is occupied with eating breakfast
and watching a video. Then we do our homeschooling.
I take advantage of every available minute to write or
otherwise work on my blog or vlog when Bethany is
with her aide.
We are in the process of looking for a new home
where I’m hoping I’ll be able to set up an office and
establish office hours. I think this will help a lot. In
the future I’m hoping to write more on other platforms
and write a book about our experiences. I’d also like to
“professionalize” my vlog a little.

I know that you are also a
homeschooling mom. Can you share
with us why you chose to homeschool
and how do you find the time to
homeschool all nine children?
Well, as I mentioned before, most of my kids are
grown ups with college degrees now. So I’m only homeschooling two now, Jeremiah and Bethany. We decided to homeschool in 1984 basically only because the
public schools where we lived at the time were very
dangerous places to be and we could not afford private
schools. I soon realized how much I actually enjoyed
homeschooling so we just kept doing it!
We did try sending Bethany to public school where
we live now- twice actually and once to a private school

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Are there any takeaways that you have
learned from the past year when it comes
to how you want to run your blog/
business in the new year?
I’ve been learning some basic HTML and how to
optimize for search engines. I hope to put in more time
building up followers on my blog and other social media accounts and learn more effective ways to monetize
my blog, and I’d like to treat my writing as more of a
business than a hobby, not because I want to make lots
of money doing it, (though I wouldn’t mind making
a little money in the process) but because I want be
more productive and effective in sharing our story with
others.

Where do you see your blog/business
heading in the new year?
I’d like to begin writing my book as well as writing for others such as I’m doing for you here to get
our story “out there”! I’m gearing my blog/vlog up to
becoming a sort of gathering place for others who are
dealing with similar issues, a place where we can hang
out and help each other get through this crazy life together! I want others to know that they are loved and
cared about and that Faith, Hope, and Love is a safe
and welcoming place to be.
And being a single income family, I’m certainly not
opposed to earning a dollar or two in the new year either!
Thanks for giving me this opportunity to share our
story. I really do appreciate it!

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