Homeschool, Unschoolers & Gardner McKay
Yes, you read that right. Homeschool. The alternate titles to this piece were “Whereupon Murph Won All The Things” or “Three Reasons I Might Die Before The End of This Week.” Homeschool. The child’s short, but lifelong, vociferously stated goal. Unschoolers. Who ever heard of that? Amiright? Yeah, that’s a thing. And I signed up for it. Florida Unschoolers. I even made myself an ID badge! And yeah, as we move beyond the carnage of losing my dream job in the place I’ve always wanted to live and the idyllic dog days of summer that came to crashing, thunderous, screeching end, there’s still some sun. I haven’t really kept up. I know. I didn’t have any words after Irma, for a while. I just did the things. In the wake of the catastrophe, though, my hurricane brain is starting to evaporate, and there’s finally some clarity on my horizon. In the