A Gracious Space: Fall: Daily Reflections to Sustain Your Homeschooling Commitment

When you listen to Julie speak through her Periscope chats you can really see, hear and feel how passionate she is about homeschooling. Julie Bogart is a professional writer and mother of 5 children, who she homeschooler over the course of 17 or 18 years. Her children are all adults now and if you are wondering, they all seemed to gave turned out beautifully. A real compliment to her highly empathetic parenting and education style. In A Gracious Space:Fall, Julie's voice and support for all homeschooling families comes through loud and clear. Each of her thoughtful essays let's you know that she understands where you have been on your homeschool journey, let's you know that there is a season in life for everything and above all, she wants you to know that you are doing the best job you can. She knows that there is light at the end of each tunnel and that she will help guide you in any way you can. If you, as an educator need an encouraging friend. Julie and A Gracious Space have a place for you, at the table. Highly recommended.!

While Julie focuses primarily on the homeschooling family, as that has been most of her experience, she shares the wisdom to help parents understand that education of our children, no matter what pathway selected, truly occurs with a happy engaged family. I am starting my 3rd year of homeschooling & I feel so grateful to have found Julie! Many times people ask me what book what I recommend for them to look if they were considering homeschooling - This book and her two other journals would be at the top of my list! Julie helps you understand that home education, actually ANY avenue of education used, really requires an intact family & healthy mom! My children love her online writing & literature courses. I feel like I have found my focus, intention & am better able to create the education I desire with her support, honesty & guidance! Check her out on periscope! It will change your life!!

Julie is what I would call my homeschool fairy godmother, she is so inspiring, and listening to her podcasts/ social media/ reading her books is what I would describe as having an amazing conversation with a friend who you always know will have the best advice. This book is a perfect motivator through the week, it feels like having your mom cheer you on at a sports event. She is such an asset to the homeschool community, definitely worth purchasing.

This book has been so uplifting for me this fall. Sometimes as a mother or home educator I feel alone and not understood. This book has given me validation when I deserved it, encouragement when I needed it, and a warm hug on those mornings that i dragged my feet. Every essay, not just a few, resonated with me. This paperback with so many meaningful words, has given me power and strength to defend my choices as a mother; and has taught me how to look back at all the beautiful things i have done with my family and know that i have succeeded. I'm very thankful to the author that she has shared her words with me. And I am looking forward to reading more by her.

Can I give this 100 stars?! This is a wonderful and very encouraging read. I'd been looking for a book like this for years and never found it until A Gracious Space. So many homeschooling books are written from a "how to" angle, but this one is simply uplifting and reminds the reader of what is really important inside the home (and out!). It covers so many topics and concerns that will affect today's homeschooler but it remains lighthearted. It's honestly so freeing to read a book like this - hearing from someone who really gets it and who has been where you are now. Can't recommend this enough and I will definitely be getting the winter and spring versions soon!

This book is full of daily encouragement for Homeschool Moms! Just like having a cup of coffee with a more experienced Homeschool Mama before you get your day off to a good start. A Gracious Space is one of my favorite books to keep me on track to my Homeschool goals that are most important to me, especially the relationships. If you want to hear Julie Bogart each morning read it you can find that over on the Brave Writer page, I love having this book for my own personal quiet times as well! There is one book for each season during the school year, snatch up the fall version and check it out!

The Gracious Space books have been a huge help to our homeschool. The short passages are so relatable. The passages take a quick 5-10 minutes to read before beginning our day. Taking this short time helps to keep our goals and principles at the forefront of my mind. I also have the winter version, and will be purchasing the spring version too. I love my 5-10 minutes with Julie each school day!

If you are a homeschooling parent (or any parent for that matter) who wants non-sectarian encouragement in bite-size pieces from someone who has been in the trenches and really "gets" it, you need this book. You w ill swear that Julie Bogart can read your mind as you ponder these daily readings written to sustain your homeschooling commitment. She speaks to the fears, the pitfalls, and the hope and are universally felt by parents who choose to educate at home. I cannot recommend this book or any of Julie's products or work highly enough. She is a life-changer!

Reading this book is like having a pep talk coffee visit every morning before I greet my homeschool kiddos in the kitchen for toast and tea. This book IS Julie Bogart. Julie Bogart can join me for coffee every morning, any morning. Her encouragements remind me I got this. Her encouragements remind me my kids are amazing. Her encouragements remind me that no matter the season of my family's life, it'll all turn out great!

I've bought all 3 Gracious space books from Julie, and I will buy any more she releases....a summer edition would be welcomed! I've taken so much inspiration from Julie Boggarts works, not only as a home educater but as a mother as well. She understands the challenges, the struggles, as well as the joys and rewards of the parent-child dynamic in a home school environment. I can vouch and say the book comes from a secular perspective. I hugely recommend reading and is a must have on every home schoolers shelf .......Julie to me is a home school and parenting mentor. She is filling in the experiences I don't have, and helping me to be a better home educater and mum. What she offers is unique, and she is an asset to the home educating community world wide.

Easy read and encouraging, practical advise

Really nice book, once I've finished I hope to get her other 2.