Raising kids. Keeping House. Choosing joy, every day.
Several of you asked that I post all of my homeschooling articles in one place. Here you are. Happy Homeschooling! Five Questions Every Homeschooling Mom Should Ask Before Choosing Curriculum Favorite Homeschool Resources/Tools Series :Part I, Part II, Part III Good Advice On Home Education …
Reports estimate that that American women spend a staggering $426 billion a year on beauty products. We place a high value on beauty. We want beautiful homes, beautiful weddings, beautiful getaways to exotic places. Beauty is a good thing, in our eyes. But do we want …
Have you ever been surprised by what makes your kids happy? They’re excited by little things. Soap bubbles galore while doing dishes. Animal sightings in the yard. $2 glow in the dark star stickers for the bedroom ceiling Picking wildflowers. Skipping rocks. Riding bikes, playing …
Just a quick post to share a few fabulous resources with you. I’m currently reading Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World Study Guide: Finding Intimacy with God in the Busyness of Life by Joanna Weaver and highly recommend it. I have the print …
Do you find it hard to be joyful when life doesn’t turn out the way you expected? Does discontentment seethe under the surface when circumstances around you are less than ideal or life disappoints you in a big way? Do you confuse being happy with being …
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, …
Yesterday, I walked out onto my front patio and noticed a little surprise. Peter also mentioned them- little pansies growing between our foundation and our blue stone patio. I saw them again this morning, and thought “How is it thriving there? Blooming between a “rock …