Simple Solutions for a More Joy-Filled Life
You Are Not Alone: Encouragement for the Weary Homeschool Mom *This post was written for my friend, Jamerrill Stewart over at The Encouraging Homeschool Mom! Be sure to check out the whole post over there! Here’s a sneak peek!* I literally couldn’t catch my breath. I had closed myself in a room and …
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Do You Have “Sneaky” Sin In Your Home? What do a lizard in the laundry, a garden, and Josh Duggar have in common? Well, I’ll tell you… How it all began... “Mommy, there’s a lizard in my laundry!” Those aren’t words you hear everyday. I looked up from my computer and said, “What? Honey, there …
You shop for months, make lists after list and think of the best gifts to buy each of your children. You spend hours wrapping everything, decorating the house and baking delicious treats for weeks leading up to Christmas day. It's finally Christmas morning and you're more excited for the …
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How We Lost Jesus Last Christmas Taking A Closer Look at How Christ-Centered Our Christmas Traditions Are I couldn’t believe it! Was it really true? Had we lost Jesus? How was I supposed to tell the nativity story without Jesus? We searched high and low for Jesus. He wasn’t anywhere to be …
Celebrating Christmas with a Jesse Tree Party! Christmas so easily becomes clouded with the hustle and bustle of well-meaning holiday fun! There’s decorating, parties, gifts to buy, cards to get out, baking — so many things to get done in so little time. It’s easy to lose sight of why we …
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Saying Good-bye to Fertility I have always known that my fertility has been a gift. We’ve had so many friends who have struggled to get pregnant through the years. It wasn't until we entered into the season of life when everyone we knew started to grow their families that I ever saw the heartbreak …
The Day I Became a Princess I'll never forget that moment frozen in time -- the day I became a princess. Little girls dream about this their entire lives, and it was happening to me. I remember watching my television set as a little girl and seeing the crown placed upon the lucky contestant's head. …
WATCHING OUR FOREVER WORDS Today I felt frustrated. I'm not going to get into the "who" or "what" of the issue. The details are not important. What I was surprised by was that my gut reaction was that I wanted to share about it. I wanted to tell someone -- talk to someone. I wanted to feel …
How Submission Saved My Marriage What? Did I just drop the "S-bomb"? Yikes! Nobody likes the "S" word. Are you going to keep reading this? That's probably the bigger question. I know the word "submission" is not the most popular word around. Still reading? Oh good! Because I hope my story …
Family Devotions for Boys We love reading great devotional books together as a family at night. I'm always on the lookout for good books that we can go through with our boys for our evening devotions. Several years ago, Created for Work by Bob Schultz was recommended to me by a fellow homeschool …
