About

I’m Ginger Giles, known online as Homeschool Maven. I am a Colorado mom to three wild boys and an equally wild husband who you’ll notice I refer to as “Shug”, short for “sugar”, here in my blog. This is a nickname we gave each other more than a decade ago and it has stuck. It’s been a help to us in our marriage, because neither of us can say it or hear it without feeling love towards each other. And for those of you have been married for any length of time, you may know that it takes work sometimes to love each other. We have three young boys ages 9, 7, and 6, and for medical reasons cannot have any other biological children. But we have always had a heart for adoption so who knows was God has in store for our future.

I’m outnumbered but loving this blessed life and learning to juke and jive in the chaos. And boy is there chaos! No pun intended. Looking back, I had no idea what motherhood would really be like. The highs or the lows. And looking back I would have never thought I’d be where I am now. If there were an award for “least likely to homeschool her children” in high school, it probably would have gone to me. But God has a way of changing our plans for the better.