Who’s the more foolish

“Who’s the more foolish: The fool or the fool who follows him?”  Obi-Wan Kenobi, Star Wars IV: A New Hope

As part of our little odd-duckgroup, Jake’s Mom often refers to MT’s Mom and I as her “bee people”. While I certainly understood the gist of her comment, she’s explained what she means by this, but I just didn’t comprehend the perfect appropriateness of the reference until today. When we all took our boys to the latest Indiana Jones movie Friday night, three of the four boys showed up – without prior planning – wearing fedora hats. (Padawan Learner does not currently own a fedora hat, sadly, but would have worn one if it had been an option.) Jake’s Mom sent us a link the next day showing us what she means by “bee people”.

We are:

• secular homeschoolers in a sea of religiously-based homeschoolers;
• moms of one or two kids surrounded by moms who can intelligently discuss the merits of one cargo van over another for hauling mega-families around;
• in general, not formal group joiners in a region where “So, which homeschooling groups do you belong to?” is generally only second to “Which church do you attend?” when meeting another homeschooling for the first time;
• loosely following a classical homeschooling format (a la, The Well Trained Mind), with a decidedly science-friendly and secular twist; and
• so very, very fortunate to be married to men, and to have four boys between us, that all enjoy hanging out together as well.

I can’t imagine life without my “bee people”. Who are your “bee people” and what characteristics make your group swarm together?

May the Force be with us all, Share!

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