Let's face it: Homeschooling parents are busy. Were not just talking busy here, we're talking BUSY. Ah, but we're also clever. We can come up with the neatest things to do so that our students don't know they're learning, aren't bored with learning, or maybe even enjoy learning.

With this in mind, I revelled in my creativity (usually not one of my strong points) as I taught my students a passion for writing. Since they already knew how to type, it really didn't take a lot of time to teach them how to prepare a manuscript or the Submitting Game. In no time at all, they swooped down on the computers and my word processor, and took to the Process like a pen to paper.

Teaching them this art and guiding them along as they polished their craft, seemed to cover a lot of subjects: Grammer, Reading, English, Research, and Communication skills. I was amazed, even with myself. I received hours to finish my projects while they wrote their stories, articles, poems, jokes, and filler tidbits.

After a while, though, they wrote so many stories that I became swamped with their writing. Of course, I had to read and edit the reams, piles, and avalanches of material. Most of it was very good, but my plan to get some time to write seemed to be backfiring on me.

So one day, when I handed the papers back, I made a simple comment. You know the type of comment that's suppose to vent frustration, but not be mean. All I said was:

"You guys should be your own editors."

Yep, that's all I said. They looked at each other, and the rest is history. They decided that they were going to publish their own family magazine. They named it KIDS' HIGHWAY, the fun magazine for kids and their grown-ups.

So now they're in the Publishing business. They made the Writer's Digest Best Top 50 List for writers to be published on-line. They've spoken before TV cameras, for interviews and conferences, not to mention, making more money than me.

I've got my time back to pursue my freelancing career, but mercy! How one comment can snowball into history! Go figure!