Raising kids. Keeping House. Choosing joy, every day.
What started out as a phone call for prayer, advice and comfort, ended up leaving me so encouraged this week! A much younger than I am sister-in-Christ called me for help. Her husband is in the ministry and they are having multi-faceted problems. (Where there …
Wanted to share one of my favorite, easy holiday recipes. This delicious fruit tart! My brother-in-law’s wife, Robin, shared this recipe with me after she made it for a family anniversary party and I believe she said it originated from Taste of Home magazine. Anyway, it …
I was disheartened yesterday by a Christian blog post that I came across, where one way of parenting was held as “the way” and all other ways were suspect. If you disagreed, your parenting was cold, neglectful, selfish, dangerous, etc… All of this judgement over one way of …
Tis the season to be distracted and overwhelmed- by the busyness, the never ending to-do list, the shopping, baking and running around. Although some of this is necessary in order to pull off a fun holiday for your family (the fudge doesn’t make itself! 🙂 ) …
Do you want to be happy in world of stress, strife, anxiety and depression? Here’s how. Matthew chapter 5, the famous sermon on the mount, covers it -living a truly blessed and fulfilled life, that is. It may seem upside down to most. It doesn’t include fame, fortune, …
Don’t you sometimes feel as though the hurry and scurry of the Christmas season leaves you depleted? Know what? It is not even December and I am already feeling anxiety to get it all done. It all starts Thanksgiving night. Can we not even have just …
We have always read aloud to our kids. It is one of my favorite homeschool memories–sitting on the couch, wrapped in blankets and reading aloud. Sometimes the kids would play legos quietly while I read. Sometimes they used Stockmar modeling beeswax to keep their hands …
Today is my husband Peter’s birthday. I find that I cannot put into words how I feel about him. He’s been my best friend since high school. He challenges me to live for Christ by his gentle example of service and love to our family …
You are your child’s first teacher. They learn so much at a young age by just watching you! And your child is following you, as you follow God. Whatever you believe, you are teaching your child by example. That is pretty scary. When I make …