~What is Making YOU Smile Today?~ Last week I shared this image on my Facebook Page: With the caption: Is there anything more glorious than a brick of new pencils? Yes there is, getting to sharpen them! I’m a self-proclaimed office supply addict, so I get that you all may not be as ...
Archives for January 2017
You Are Sufficient In This World
As women and mothers we hear a lot about ‘the comparison trap’. Really we aren’t comparing at all though, are we? I think we are actually contrasting. When we compare we’re finding similarities, and I think we can encourage each other through that. But when we are contrasting, we’re finding ...
Water Challenge: Drink Up!
After the kids went to bed I filled our Big Berkey water filter clear to the brim, and load up jars with our water goals for tomorrow. Now, I know this seems totally pointless when there are so many other {easier} ways to track fluid intake. I mean even putting all those rubber bands on one jar ...
Happy Birthday, Dorothy. Life is Hard.
My mother-in-law has been with Jesus for almost 9 years. Cancer took her all too soon. In August of 2007 we welcomed our first son into this world, within a week she and my father-in-law told us that the doctors had discovered she had cancer. It was in her colon and pancreas. What? I thought ...
WIFE TIP: Do it Yourself
Being a homeowner can have its challenges. Something always needs cleaned, repaired, or put away. Now, in theory, being a married homeowner means you aren’t expected to carry all the weight alone, right? So if the burdens can be split in half, managing a home shouldn’t seem so ...
Dear Debbie
I just read thee very best blog post! I shared it on my Facebook Page, but I wanted to share a link to it here too. It's written by Debbie Wilkins Baisden, and titled Stop Being a Butthole Wife. Her words and perspective really hit home. Dear Debbie, Thank you for telling it like it ...
Schooling Sunday
Yesterday was another Schooling Sunday at our house. We recently started adding in a Saturday and/or Sunday here and there to our home educating, to help balance out the weekdays that we have needed to be away from home and haven't put in a full day of our usual educating. Now most homeschool ...
You Belong. Apostrophe-S!
Our 9 year old received a box of granola bars from his grandparents at Christmas. It was one of his favorite gifts (remind me to let his future wife know that food is definitely this boy's love language). Well, last night Mr. Awesome was cleaning up the pantry cupboard (bless his heart) and ...