Raising kids. Keeping House. Choosing joy, every day.
What’s new in my house? Why has this blog been so quiet? Well, SUMMER. 🙂 My days look like: looking for summer jobs for kids, searching for college scholarships, entertaining friends, grilling out, beach days, reading aloud at night, getting ready for Vacation Bible …
I’ve been thinking a lot about illness lately and how life can change in a moment. As I type, my mother in law is still very ill, recovering from a serious stroke and dealing with debilitating headaches that won’t give her any relief. I’ve always …
It was a Sunday morning, and we were getting ready to worship. Truthfully, I was just getting ready to go to church. I was in no frame of mind to worship. I was trying to get five kids ready for church alone (Peter was at …
Summer is here, and in my book, doing nothing together is family building. 🙂 Some of our favorite summer activities: 1. Packing up a lunch and heading to the beach. We live 45 minutes from Cape Cod, so we have so many great beaches to …
Wednesday morning, all was normal. I was sitting behind an observation window, chatting and drinking iced coffee with my sister Hannah while our girls tumbled and jumped at their gymnastics lesson. I received a startling phone call that Peter’s mom had several strokes that morning …
I haven’t been online as much lately as I usually am, because life has been just a tad bit busy with all five kids in the house, three of them looking for summer jobs and a full motherhood and ministry schedule. I spoke last Saturday …
This is a busy season of life for me, and I realize the blog has been quieter than normal. Life is lived in seasons. Some busy, some slower, some exciting and some mundane. Time is measured for a mother by meal making, laundry days, children’s …
One drawback of living in an the “Instant Age” age where I can get my coffee in thirty seconds from a Keurig whilst downloading a book-du-jour to my eReader is that I come to expect things quickly. Slow is aggravating and unacceptable. Movies are instant, …
Today is Mother’s Day and like most women, I really want to do right by my kids. I “study” motherhood. I put time into it, reading about every stage, keeping my eyes and ears wide open as I navigate life with each child. I invest, …