Some days I just don’t feel Thankful
Sometimes there are entire seasons when I struggle to feel thankful. I fail to see truth. I gripe. I complain. I am certainly not living Philippians 2:14-15. Then comes November. The month of...
View ArticleAll my fault
For a long time now I’ve been curious about the book, Large Family Logistics. I first heard of it the fall after my Little Man was born. He was my third. We were now a larg-er family than most in...
View ArticleHow to *Really* make changes in the New Year
A sunrise would be better for the beginning of the year, but I’m just not up that early… yet. Today is the real first day of the new year. Of course, I know, yesterday was the first day of 2013…...
View ArticleBaby Swearing
I am very particular about the sort of books I read to my children. I try to avoid empty, silly books as often as I can. Twaddle, Charlotte Mason called them. Beyond even that, I aim to find the...
View Article5 Down… 7 to go
Isn’t he cute under that big pink and white quilt? My Beloved left this past Thursday morning for Togo, West Africa. I’ve been schooling with the kids, taking care of what needs to be done (with a lot...
View ArticleBerry Picking Ponderings
July 4th. We started our day picking blueberries at a local farm. Our hopes of getting out there before the heat set in were abolished by an intense desire to not get out of bed so early. Oh well....
View ArticleIt’s started…
The day we’ve been waiting for… one of them anyway. They started the sewer hook up this morning. This is a picture My Beloved took with his phone when he stopped by on his lunch break (you can see...
View ArticleFlighty and Frivolous, Part 1
I posted last week a quote from Created to be His Helpmeet about being a sober wife. Today I’d like to pause for a moment on the first part: “A sober wife is one who faces the fact that she is no...
View ArticleFlighty and Frivolous, Part 2
Start with part 1? Our culture actually encourages the “flighty and frivolous” in young ladies. There is a feeling of “do it while you can”, before you’re “tied down.” Teens and young adults spend...
View ArticleTaking Some Time Away
I can’t believe it’s the middle of November already. My oldest baby is almost 7, I have four children and I’m a week from my due date with our fifth (a boy, if I never mentioned that before). I’m...
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