I had been homeschooling my three children for several years already when I realized I was stuck. My firstborn was a dedicated entertainer. Clever, studious enough, and always engaged, Braeden was my homeschool test case and by all accounts a success. Mark one for the mom who began her journey filled with doubt and trepidation. My second, Shane, was my mathematician. “Mommy, I want to do 30 pages of math today.” “OK!” I’d oblige him, of course. He completed his first-grade math workbook on Halloween of that year. Shane loved math, and I loved math enough to have been a sought-after calculus tutor in my college days. I had him covered. From a young age, my daughter loved to draw. To empower her, I told her that if she was really interested in something, she should purpose to do it for at least 15 minutes each day, as a way …