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The Green Willow is the internet counterpart to our homeschool in Dalton, Georgia, USA.
We began homeschooling our two children when they had completed the 3rd and 6th grades in public school, and have found it to be a joy and a challenge. There was a time when I swore "I'd never homeschool MY kids!" But, as is often the case for me, God just laughed! He knew one day I would eat those words.

Although it has been a huge adjustment for me, even after the first year I could already see amazing changes in my children. I won't pretend it has been easy, but I have found lots of encouragement along the way and would like to share this with others considering or beginning their own homeschool. You will find links to all sorts of helpful homeschool sites, many of which I pored over as I agonized over the decision of whether to pull my kids from public school. I hope that The Green Willow will be a place of help for all homeschool moms!

I will also be adding tips, ideas, and links for help with household organization and frugal living. My experience has been that living in a single-income home is NOT impossible, even in this day and age! I would like to encourage all families, and even engaged and newlywed couples, to consider breaking from the same ol', same ol' two-income grind. Be a rebel!!! Of course, to do this it takes budgeting and some changes in our thinking, but the rewards are worth it! Whether you are considering being a homemaker, stay-at-home mom, and/or a homeschool mom, I hope this site will be of use.

But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him. He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.
- Jeremiah 17: 7-8

Our homeschool is the Green Willow Christian Academy, located in the beautiful North Georgia mountains. Jeremiah 17:7-8 (above), along with the weeping willow tree in our front yard, inspired the name of our homeschool.