We Did What???

   Last spring after dropping Connections Academy and losing our main avenue for field trips and socializing with other home school families we joined a Christian homeschool group on Facebook. It started out great there were lots of field trips, play dates to go on and great people to meet. But last month we had a very trying experience, and while we were not the ones directly targeted we felt that it was in our family's best interest to no longer be a part of that group.

   So there we found ourselves again with out a support group and away to make friends. At first we didn't know what to do. We felt very defeated, sad, and just longed to have a group to call our own. So Mitch and I decided to start our own Facebook group. So that was how  Salem Area Family Forward Homeschooling Association was born. We choose the name because family is the main reason why we have chosen to homeschool. Our little group has really started to grow and take off. While I haven't been able to do as much with it as I would have liked, so far I feel it has great potential. I hope for it to one day be a place for newbies and veteran homeschoolers can come together and give each other support and make new friends with out having to worry about being judged or singled out for any reason. No one should ever feel that they should have to hide who they are, or what the believe.