Did not mean to offend. Simmer down all.

I didn't realize what good eye sight I have, I guess.

PS cute post about the "retired" hosewife.--I didn't think they/we ever retired., something to look forward to.

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Bless your eyesight.  I've been wearing glasses since I was in 3rd grade!  I've done the contacts since high school and now I need reading glasses if I'm wearing my contacts or I need to take off my regular glasses to read if I'm not wearing my contacts.  It's totally thrown everything off and if I go from looking far away to looking close up it's like WHOA!  VERTIGO!  No money for bifocals, but I'm parking at least 3 feet from the curb in front of a store now because the old depth perception is going fast and driving at night in the rain is impossible unless I want to pay for a few mailboxes. I'm only 45!  Could be worse though.

My husband has better than 20/20 vision, but has had 85% hearing loss in both ears since he was a baby. $5000 dollars for 2 hearing aids, but he heard a bird sing the first time in his life when he got them  3 years ago..  Still paying off the hearing aids, so I can live with my glasses for a while so that he can listen to the birds.

but we do live in a town of about 6000 people and they do live way out in the country.  I think it was probably working fine and, yes, math was probably difficult all the way around, and who knew at the beginning that their mother was going to pass away.  But I still think that this particular child would have benefited a lot by being around other children more than he has been, and probably scouts, YMCA, etc., would have been very good for him, but he wasn't exposed to anything like that.  However, like the poster below suggested, he probably is very depressed at this point over the changes in his life.

By the way, your child sounds like he is really thriving on homeschooling, and obviously you have made a great choice for him.  You sound like a wonderful mom.  Thanks for posting!