Making Your Home Cozy

I don’t know about you, but with thoughts of fall and Christmas come thoughts of ways to make my home cozy and inviting. So, for the next few weeks, I will be sharing some ways to make your home a haven. Actually, I will only 

Home Sweet Home

We are home. {What a wonderful word.} We spent the week at a beautiful bed and breakfast in Rye, NH with my entire family (22 of us under one roof). We took in all the shops and beautiful old port towns, spent long days on 

I’m Guest Posting Today

Sooooo, I was supposed to post this earlier but vacation got in the way and in the midst of going to the beach, shopping in Kennebunkport, ME, “coffeeing up” with my girls  and laughing with my sisters over hysterical YouTube videos, I  forgot.   Anyways, I am guest posting today 

Be All There. Right Where You Are

Twenty two days and counting down. That is how much time I have until I drive my firstborn down to college and leave her for a semester. My baby. The one I’ve homeschooled, the one I taught to read and multiply. The one whose tiny violin I 

Death Is Not Dying

I rarely do this, but today I am going to recommend that you listen to this 55 minute life changing speech. This young mother was just given 6-18 weeks to live. She tells how she is facing death with courage, because she knows the truth 

A post in which I discuss my kids coming home, ordering {cringe} teacher’s manuals, and disagreement.

Happy Saturday! First and most importantly, my 3 kids are coming home from the Wilds today. I cannot wait to hear all their stories! I am so thankful to have such an excellent place to send my kids in New England. I have just finished 

From the Mouth of Teens: What They Really Need

Today we have a guest post from my friend and Youth Pastor’s wife, Charity Harley. “From the Mouth of Teens” I had an experience today that not many people get to have. My husband, who is the youth pastor at our church, had just taken 

Love this App!

Have you all heard of the free YouVersion Bible app? It is my favorite Bible app so far. I highly recommend it!  Why? It is totally free, has 100 different versions of the Bible, and best of all, has free audio of many of the 

Favorite Articles This Week

In an article entitled The Insidious Evils of the “Like” Culture, Mr. Strauss explains how this current generation finds self worth in the amount of” likes”  it receives on facebook, and reinvents themselves based on feedback,  instead of being liberated to be themselves. Think “peer 

DCA: A Unique Ministry in New England

Last week I went out to lunch with my friend, Karen. She drove all the way down from Dublin, NH to take me out to lunch. We went to Woods Seafood on the Plymouth Waterfront and ate to our hearts content and talked even more.