A couple weeks ago I stumbled across a blog where a woman had shared my blog link (to my Unschooling page) and some other blog commenters were discussing me. Sometimes it's interesting to see what other people are saying about you behind your back!

This family has attended various Independent Fundamentalist Baptist churches, but have chosen to leave because too much error is taught. Now they house-church.
They live in isolation to flee the evil influences of the world.
Despite being so isolated, the mother and daughter still have to dress “modest”, and wear head coverings as a sign of “obedience, submission, humility….”
Special rules regarding clothing only affect the women. (although the 22 year old son is not exactly dressed in 21st century attire)

Ok. So you want to educate your daughter to be a housewife and you don’t want her to go to university.
Now you cut yourself and family off from church.
Where on earth is your daughter supposed to find a man to marry, submit to, and run a home for?

That young girl is talented, but she is not ready to quit textbook education! Read her about page and see what I mean…

When I first read that, my first impression was kind of disbelief, I reckon. "Are they actually talking about me?" ran through my mind. Then I couldn't help but laugh! Especially about the "22 year old son"! Don't ya love how people will make accusations without even really investigating? As for her last statement, I re-read my about page several times just to try to see what she meant.

The young woman referred to in #76 does not appear to me, to be a good fit in the world into which she has been isolated. Given the opportunity she would likely become a veterinarian. My heart broke reading her blog.

I sure didn't realize my blog was heart breaking! Or is it that they don't like reading about all the work we do around here? LOL. Isolated? Not a good fit? Uhh.. umm…

The line where she says she’s an outdoorsy type of girl but has to learn to stay indoors and cook and wash dishes made me sad too. Poor girl.
I was thinking about that too, how her talent and love for animals is, if not going to waste, not being cultivated to the extent it could be. She would be a true blessing to any farmer out there, and if she brought in knowledge with her hands-on experience, she could be the perfect helper-suitable!
Methinks it’s got more to do with keeping her on THEIR farm (AKA selfishness)

This is the one that really cracked us all up. Do they honestly think it takes ALL DAY to wash dishes? Goodness, yesterday I washed dishes while Levi and a friend dried them. We all had the kitchen cleaned up, dishes washed and put away in no time!

Talent and love for animals going to waste? (Sure… I guess that's why we have all these animals, right? ahem…) My parents being selfish by keeping me here? Hello, I am their daughter! Not to mention they didn't seem to take into account that I love being here at home, did they?

Well, I hope ya'll got a good laugh or two out of that!