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  • Carmen Bowman (standing) talks to her daughter, Hannah, about their day's agenda. On this day, Carmen is babysitting her 18-month-old twin niece and nephew, in addition to the regular homeschooling of her children.
  • Early morning light casts shadows on the Bowman's back porch near Bardstown, Ky.
  • Carmel Bowman talks to vice principal of Bethlehem High School after giving a music lesson while daughter Hannah waits and reads.
  • William and Hannah Bowman read while enroute to their weekly music lessons with their grandfather.
  • In the kitchen of their seven-acre hobby farm, Carmel Bowman gives her eleven-year-old daughter, Hannah, a big, teasing hug that elicits a rare smile from Hannah.
  • Hannah Bowman, 11, reads and waits for her mother, Carmel Bowman, to finish giving music lessons at Bethlehem High School.
  • As the sun peaks over the horizon, the Bowman day begins with Carmel driving her fifteen-year-old son, Nathaniel, to school. In a rush, there is little time to clear the windshield of the early morning frost.
  • Hannah Bowman, 11, practices her back flips on a trampoline while taking a break from her homeschool studies on her family's farm in Nelson County.

Jeffrey Austin