Raising kids. Keeping House. Choosing joy, every day.
Do you ever feel like you are not qualified to do what you are supposed to do in life? Do you believe that God qualifies the called vs. “calling the qualified”? Sometimes God gives me opportunities and I tend to think “Not me! I can’t. …
Today, I walked into a Stride Rite store to get my eight year old a pair of shoes. I don’t know if I am totally out of touch, but, seriously? Sixty dollars for kids shoes? My kids are the fidgity type. I do dress them …
The radio blares “Have yourself a merry little Christmas,” but what do you do when the holidays are a day of dread for you? You see happy families all around you and start to sink in despair. Maybe getting together with your family is right …
We are all so excited around here. And here’s why. (See pic below. :)) YUP. My oldest will be home in a few short hours for Christmas. SQUEEEE!!! I have a big pot of beef soup simmering on the stove, along with a nice heavy …
So, my oldest daughter comes home for Christmas in TWO days. My youngest two girls made two advent chains. One to count down the days until Bek returns, and a separate one for Christmas. Our tree is not up yet, because we are waiting to do …
Yesterday, I said it. I told you I was tired of the misuse of the word grace. We looked at an example of a mother giving her children instruction before she went out. Her little pharisee responded one way and her little prodigal responded another. …
Do you ever tire of the word grace? I have to admit, I do. I tire of people telling me that we should give our kids grace, or that we are free to do as we please because we are all under grace. I hesitate …
What started out as a phone call for prayer, advice and comfort, ended up leaving me so encouraged this week! A much younger than I am sister-in-Christ called me for help. Her husband is in the ministry and they are having multi-faceted problems. (Where there …
I was disheartened yesterday by a Christian blog post that I came across, where one way of parenting was held as “the way” and all other ways were suspect. If you disagreed, your parenting was cold, neglectful, selfish, dangerous, etc… All of this judgement over one way of …
Tis the season to be distracted and overwhelmed- by the busyness, the never ending to-do list, the shopping, baking and running around. Although some of this is necessary in order to pull off a fun holiday for your family (the fudge doesn’t make itself! 🙂 ) …