Raising kids. Keeping House. Choosing joy, every day.
My oldest daughter is growing up! I know it has been 17 years in the making, but it hit me like a ton of bricks the other day. I was happily checking my mail, when I saw the latest Timberdoodle catalog. We order tons of homeschooling …
We were all ecstatic to find a small birds nest in our forsythia bush last week. The kids ran to get a ladder, and we all peered into the nest to see two just-hatched robins. We are enjoying warmer days here in New England and …
Choose Joy. I can’t remember how this saying was ingrained into me. But it has always stuck with me. And it is sound advice. The Bible commands followers of Christ to “give thanks for all things” and ” count everything joy” (even the bad in …