Raising kids. Keeping House. Choosing joy, every day.
I love Christmas lights. The kids and I purposefully drive out of our way to see them. I fill my home with all manner of lights: twinkly lights, welcome lights in the windows, and candle-light galore. (Yay, Yankee Candle!) But you know, sometimes the light …
Hey young moms, do you ever feel insignificant, raising kids at home, picking up toys, wiping up spills, refereeing squabbles? Do you wonder if God’s forgotten about you or overlooked you? I wonder if Mary felt this way, having to give birth to the Son …
Expectancy. To expect. To look forward to. To anticipate. Some say that expectations are little more than premeditated resentments. I guess we learn from living in a broken world that it’s safer not to expect too much, not to set our hearts on anything, not to …
I can hardly believe that my son, Matthew, will be home in a few days for Christmas vacation. The anticipation of the season has been sweet. We’ve purposefully marked our calendar to include times of rest and solitude which has made this Christmas the most …
The Christmas season tends to scream URGENCY, from the way marketers flash goods in our face like theres a scarcity of products and we must grab them all up before someone else gets them, to the jam-packed calendars we cram full of good things we …
I’m having so much fun making these sweet quilt-work looking Scandinavian Stars. I love anything homespun or handmade, so when I saw these online, I knew I needed to sit and make a batch. I used a few cute fabrics I found at Wal-Mart, but …
There’s no shame in listening to Christmas carols before Thanksgiving in my book. They somehow bring all of the sentiments we hold dear–home, family, faith, hope, love– and tie them all together in one musical, merry package. {And who can lift your spirits like Bing …
One of the most beautiful adornments of a Christian woman is the grace of humility. The Christmas story is jam-pack full of examples of humility for us to emulate. “Humility is simply the disposition which prepares the soul for living on trust.”-Andrew Murray, Humility A …
Do you find peace elusive? Do circumstances dictate your mood? Does the behavior (or misbehavior) of others rattle you and threaten to steal your joy? On what does your happiness depend? One of the greatest lessons we can learn is that peace is not dependent …
Wanted to share this quick idea with you. I came up with it while trying to think of a frugal way to decorate for a church event this weekend. Behold, the foamboard “chalkboard.” My Walmart sells black foam board near the poster board. It was …