Raising kids. Keeping House. Choosing joy, every day.
Really excited to share this interview with Christine Hoover with you today and offer a giveaway of her new book, From Good to Grace for you and a friend! If you aren’t familiar with her book, I semi-reviewed it here after I disagreed with the Gospel Coalition’s …
I was going to wait until next week to review From Good to Grace: Letting Go of the Goodness Gospel because I have a giveaway and a special interview with Christine to share with you. But after I highly recommended the book last week, a …
At the end of our lives, we want to say that we lived our life well. I don’t want to look back with regret, or realize that I majored on minors, spending my precious energy on things that didn’t matter or things I couldn’t change. …
My site has been quiet this past week, partly due to technical reasons which I ended up ignoring, because honestly, life is busy in a good way. In case I haven’t mentioned it, we’ve got snow here, people. Six feet. And with it—rain in my …
Ask your daughter this question: “Who are you? Describe you.” I work with teen girls and I’ve asked this very question. They nervously and giggly begin telling me what they excel at and enjoy. I’m so and so’s girl friend. I play the piano. I draw …
I want to take a moment to thank you all for praying for our sweet Addy. Her surgery is over, and we’re still in awe of God’s answers to our prayers. He alone is to be praised and we give Him all the glory. This …
Do you feel like your life counts and is making a difference? Does the fact that you are a young mom with kids at home make you feel side-lined? A shot of hope: You’re making a beautiful difference right where you are. Have you heard …
Do you ever wonder what you are supposed to teach your kids? With a market flooded with how-to manuals for parenting, it’s nearly impossible to keep up with the latest, greatest manual for raising kids. When you are a believer, you have the Holy Spirit …
In 2012, as a fairly new blogger, I shared this list of reasons I love/hate blogging. My blog has grown, and my reasons have changed–it’s a woman’s prerogative to change her mind, right? Reasons I love blogging: 1. Blogging is personal in an impersonal world. You can really …
When my kids attended the Wild’s of New England one year, they were asked to do a simple exercise entitled “List 75 Ways I’m Selfish.” This was a private exercise to be done in their quiet time, and was a tool for self-evaluation and change. …