Raising kids. Keeping House. Choosing joy, every day.
My youngest sister Hannah put her house on the market this week and has been checking out new homes in our area. One home that she went to inspect was an adorable, old, perfectly restored cape style home right up the road from our house. …
Every Christian woman wants to hear and read books about being highly effective, being fulfilled as a person, finding your purpose and and being relevant in today’s society. But one topic that we are not clamoring to read about is personal holiness. We’ve all …
How to do you handle a relationship that you wish would go away? How do you deal with a hurt person who continually hurts other people? Well, recognizing what kind of relationship you are in is a good place to start. All friendships are not …
Friendship is not strictly a way for our needs to be met. Friendship is not all about you or me. God may give you “friends” that you wish He never sent your way. Sometimes people are draining and moody, tiresome and just plain not who …
I plan to spend a few posts talking about friendship. We all have many kinds of friends and different levels of friendship. Here’s the thing: All friendships are not created equal, and that is okay. In fact, knowing this will help you in the …
Today I have a guest post from my second daughter, Emily, who has been doing a personal study on complaining. She wrote this for a teenage audience and I asked if I could share it with you. Maybe you have a teen daughter that would …
What if I told you that every woman I know should attend Grace School? Not the manners and poise kind of grace, but the one that re-teaches you about a very common word in scripture: grace. We learned in grade school that “grace” is “God’s …
Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead. That is the name of a documentary my husband and I recently watched on Netflix. It was the story of one man’s journey to better health after realizing that he was “one cheeseburger away from a heart attack.” It recounted …
Do you write letters? I feel sorry for those who don’t know the joy of writing and receiving a personal letter. They don’t know what they are missing. In today’s world of efficiency and productivity, a hand written letter is undervalued. Why put all that …
Last week Peter announced that our family was going to do another media fast. The kids were less than enthusiastic, and it is always hard for me for a few days, but then I am glad “Daddy” thought of it. 🙂 Seems the idea of …