Have you ever stepped into the home of a true hostess? If you have, you probably remember the experience. I was 21 when I first met a woman who would come to be a mother in my life. Her hospitality made a huge impact on me. Her example is one that I seek to model …
A Homemaker is one who chooses the high-calling of making a home for her family with joy! There are many nuances to this important job, not simply cleaning and cooking. One area that is often overlooked or dreaded is budgeting. Many groan as we imagine an envelope system and spreadsheets. But I prefer to think …
I’d consider myself an average Instagram user like anyone else, I casually scroll throughout my day. Often as I’m in line at the store, watching Netflix at night, and sometimes while bored in a meeting at work. I occasionally post a picture and when I do its carefully curated with a thoughtfully written caption. Recently …
When Today Is The Enemy Of Tomorrow After laboring for many years abroad on the mission field as a newly married couple my husband and I had our first baby. We encountered a huge unknown as we realized the Lord was leading us back home to the States. Our life was good but we felt …
When a someone is in crisis, they need a friend. How can you love them, support them and help them heal from the pain they’ve endured?
Running a half-marathon has been on my to-do list for years. I’m healthy and I love to run, there’s really no reason I shouldn’t do it! Yet accomplishing this goal eludes me. Again and again, I talk myself out of ever starting. But yesterday I did something I’ve never done before. I got serious, studied …
I really lost my cool on my toddler yesterday! A simple task like strapping him into his carseat spiraled into what felt like an MMA fight. His desire to escape led him to bite me, hit me, and grab my eyeglasses in order to accomplish it. My desire to get him home led me to …
I discovered the bullet journal in 2018 and since then there has barely been a day I haven’t written within its pages. I’m a true convert to the bullet journaling method and I want to bring everyone with me! As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases with no additional cost to you. I only …
Prepare for birth I once heard birth compared to a marathon. No athlete would arrive at a 26.2 mile race without training their bodies and mind for the physical exertion ahead. Instead, they would train for months, focusing holistically on what would be required to accomplish this noteworthy feat of strength. Entering motherhood is no …
I remember being appalled, her child was old enough that she could grab her mother’s shirt, pulling it down as she wrestled to get what she wanted— milk from her mother’s breast. I walked away from the evening dinner with our friends affronted by the child’s display of will, and by the mother’s calm acquiescence …
