Raising kids. Keeping House. Choosing joy, every day.
I just finished reading Christine Hoover’s Messy Beautiful Friendship which comes out on April 18th, and I’ve enjoyed it immensely and wanted to share a few thoughts and quotes from it with you. First off, I wasn’t sure what to expect from a book about cultivating women’s friendship. …
Yesterday, I woke with the knowledge that I was already behind. Coffee mugs, ice cream bowls, and popcorn kernels graced my kitchen sink and told the tale of the late night festivities that come with a house full of older children and their friends who …
“Does my work matter in the grand scheme of things? And how do I live a life of ministry to God and others if I’m home all day with kids?” I asked myself this question many times over the years as a stay at home …
Words, words, words. We use them every day. And God has quite a bit to say about our words. Our words can build up or tear down. They can be kind or bitter. They can bring God glory or bring Him shame. Today in …
I read an article the other day that made me wonder if our current generation understands love at all. It was entitled “Survey: Sleeping together before a first date is a-okay, but cracked phones are a put off.”. My heart hurt after reading it, and …
I hope you are all having a great weekend. Some newsy stuff:: We’re in the middle of construction again and I’m super excited about this part of our renovation: my kitchen makeover. It feels surreal to be getting new kitchen cabinets and to be able …
Like everyone else, I love the idea of a new year and a clean slate but like I mentioned in my last post entitled New Year’s Resolutions For the Rest of Us , grand goals are not a realistic option for me in this stage of …
This post is for women who can barely get ready in the morning without littles banging on the bathroom door, for the mom who is nursing a baby and trying to train toddlers, the one who can barely eat a meal while it’s warm without …
How do you measure God’s goodness to you? If you are like me, you tend to equate material and physical blessings with God’s smile, and hardship and trial with God’s frown. When my kids are doing right, and we’re on top of the world (aka …