Sarah is a mother of three girls aged 6, 4 and 2 and she also happens to be a dear friend of mine. Similarly, we are raising our homeschooled kiddos amidst the spoils of the Mornington Peninsula. This is a candid conversation between friends about Sarah's  journey thus far - travels, motherhood and living with intention. In a nutshell: The story of how Steph and Sarah metSeeking connection with likeminded folk in the pre-school years and how being brave and bold lead to a beautiful friendshipGrowing up in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, attending a small community based kinder and primary school, walking to the local high schoolBecoming a registered nurse before jet setting to London and relishing this rite of passage for the freedom and independence that travel in your early 20s can bringMeeting her English husband overseas and deciding to put their roots down on the Mornington Peninsula, escaping the rate race for the slow life by the beachComing across homeschooling through the gentle/natural parenting pathWishing she had more education pre-motherhood on alternatives such as home birth and attachment parentingHow having her eldest daughter attend 3 year old kinder made her want to dive deeper into researching how homeschooling could look for their familyAdopting homeschooling organically and slowlyHow Sarah's husband who is a teacher grappled with the idea of homeschooling his own childrenThe rise in homeschooling in Australia as a response to the pandemic and lockdownsHow homeschooling has made them question how they live full stop.The value in sibling connections & shared experiencesBeing together, growing together - as the why that trumps everything INSPIRATION: Happiness is Here blog Futuresteading podcast CONNECT: Mornington Peninsula Homeschool Facebook group Have you got a story to tell? Connect with us on instagram @australianhomeschoolstories or send me an email [email protected] This podcast is recorded on the land of the Bunurong people of the Kulin nation. I pay my respects to elders past, present and emerging and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded. This always was, always will be aboriginal land. Original music - Hazel by Daniel Garrood @garroodcomposer Listen on Spotify here