Raising kids. Keeping House. Choosing joy, every day.
When you’ve got young kids, you’re a magnet for unsolicited advice, plain and simple. Everywhere you go, old ladies ask whether your child is hot or cold. They want to make you aware that your kid is sucking on their shoe or eating the grocery …
Whenever you are in a relationship with someone, you work quickly to learn their “likes” and “dislikes.” When we were dating, Peter quickly learned that I dislike fish. And sports. He wanted to please me, so he rarely asked me to sporting events, unless I …
Yesterday I enjoyed a visit with a sweet friend, Emily. Her husband is an evangelist for a National Hoops ministry team and is the grandson of Del and Kay Washer, who wrote this autobiography, One Candle to Burn about their life as missionaries in Africa (fascinating …
My youngest sister Hannah put her house on the market this week and has been checking out new homes in our area. One home that she went to inspect was an adorable, old, perfectly restored cape style home right up the road from our house. …
Every Christian woman wants to hear and read books about being highly effective, being fulfilled as a person, finding your purpose and and being relevant in today’s society. But one topic that we are not clamoring to read about is personal holiness. We’ve all …
I’m so excited to have a guest post submitted by a missionary wife and friend, Michelle. Michelle has served as an assistant pastor’s wife and is currently serving overseas with her husband on the mission field. They have three children, ages 8, 7, and 3, …
I’m teaching a great group of homeschoolers simple watercolor techniques, and today I thought I’d post our next project as a tutorial that you can use for your kids. Silhouette art is popular right now, and is super easy to create. Supply list: Watercolor paper, …
Have you ever met someone who can only seems to talk about one thing? Whether it’s sports, eBay, homeschooling, or whatever, the conversation always comes back to their one thing. And unless you are interested in their one thing, the conversation can become, well, a little …
Today, my friend Charity is guest posting for us. Charity and I met years ago at a youth workers conference we attended with our husbands. I recall sitting in a circle during a youth pastors’ wives open forum, and listening to some of the other …
Do you ever wonder what is appropriate to post online? I struggle with certain aspects of the online presence and find myself praying for wisdom as I post on this blog. There really is so much junk online, and in truth, we are responsible for …