Three years ago our family embarked on a two-year homeschooling adventure (planned) and I had the first of two lumpectomy surgeries for breast cancer (unplanned). Standing at a dramatic fork on life’s road, we threw away our old map and drew a new one that changed the way we saw the world. Little did we realize that “skipping middle school” would not only turn out to be the best thing for 12-year-old Natalie, but for all of us. Quite a few people have asked us, “How in the world did you manage to home school while going through cancer treatment?” To tell the truth, we can’t imagine what going…