Raising kids. Keeping House. Choosing joy, every day.
Yes, Submission. I am a firstborn. My husband is the baby of his family. These dynamics between us led to some pretty interesting first years of marriage. It took me a long time to realize that just because “leading” was my personality (and …
I recently had the opportunity to review this new eBook: How To Grow Your Blog and Manage Your Home By Jacinda Vandenburg. And in 24 hours, I am giving away a free copy of this ebook! This is a practical guide of what to do …
First off, the winner of the book giveaway is entry #137, Rhonda Rhoades! I’ve emailed you and am awaiting your mailing info!! Congrats! This morning we have a guest post from Darby Duggar, founder of For The Love Ministries and author of the book …
I want to share with you one of our favorite devotional series for kids. I am re-reading this to Hope right now and she loves it as much as my other kids did. It is the “Building on the Rock” series of books, and each …
I have another book giveaway for you! Woohoo! (enter below!) Have you met Darby Duggar? Go ahead. I’ll wait while you go say hello. 🙂 Mkay. When she asked me to review her book, For the Love of Our Husbands I was thrilled because the area …
My oldest daughter is now in Europe for 10 weeks. Would you pray for her? For growth, safety and usefulness to Christ? If you are interested, you can keep up with her travels here. She is required to keep a journal of her trip in …
Sometimes ordinary is a good thing. In fact, when raising children, an ordinary day is a gift. Just a day to be together and live life side by side. No frills, nothing to write home about, except that nothing happened and it seemed so normal. …
This past week we had National Hoops Ministries come to our church to do an Evangelistic outreach for our areas teens. Peter and I cannot speak highly enough of this ministry. The kids who come out for the event are usually totally unchurched and unfamiliar …
Motherhood is not taken seriously. Oh, I know that once a year on Mother’s Day the stores are full of cards, chocolates and accolades for our one day celebration of “Mother.” But the world around me does not take motherhood seriously. No, for years …
I am thinking about Mothers Day and how blessed Peter and I were to be raised by such wonderful mothers. I am thankful every day that we both had “mean mothers” who loved us. This poem from a 1970’s newspaper article will help you to understand …