I planned to head to my friend Stacy’s house as we were out in the warm, sunny weather yesterday. Then I saw a family with four kids (four kids, my goodness, what a huge family) ringing her doorbell. I thought perhaps I should not go over there, because I really don’t like to intrude, but then decided to just keep moving toward the playground if my presence there was awkward.

They were all hanging out on front lawn talking. Stacy introduced me to the new neighbors who had moved into “Crystal’s” house. That’s the thing about a military housing community – you always live in a house identified by the previous occupants. And then Stacy, herself a homeschooler, identified them as homeschoolers too.

We’re taking over the world.

Now, I wrote before about how people sniff each other in a manner similar to dogs. Once again, it happened. Interestingly enough, it was the husband who asked me what curriculum I used.

“Mother of Divine Grace,” I replied. Even if you’ve never heard of it, it screams CATHOLIC, does it not? Naturally, I asked him what they used.

“Sonlight.” Yes, Protestant: Son + Light, get it? And they seemed like such nice people…

I’m just kidding! When we moved in to this neighborhood it was only 1/3 full. I did ask God to give me lots of Catholic homeschooling neighbors. So far, I’ve met one. My second choice, I told God, was lots of Catholic neighbors. I do have some of them, and two families have children too young for grade school. I guess God understood my third choice to be lots of homeschoolers. And that we have in abundance.

UPDATE: Lorri, of The Mac and Cheese Chronicles, confesses to being a Catholic who uses Sonlight, and she claims she’s not the only one. I’m pretty sure this new family is a more traditional Sonlight user, though. They didn’t know the secret Catholic homeschooler hand signal.