The other day, a friend who’s about to have her first baby passed me a giant, Costco-sized can of worms and invited me to open it. “What do you think about pacifiers?” she asked. When it comes to infant care practices, I’m about as natural as you can get. I have homebirths, cue-feed, co-sleep, and…
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About: Andrea Parunak
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- Andrea homebirths, homeschools, and home churches, and when she gets a spare minute, she can usually be found writing, reading, baking, or sewing. Her deepest desire is to bring glory to the Lord, and she regularly posts on what He’s teaching her over at her blog, Pursuing Titus 2.
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A Tale of Two Daughters, or Do What You’re Told First
Saturday: I had bitten off more than I could chew, as usual. My husband was going to a men’s Bible study in the morning and then staying at the host’s house to spend the day in a rented cherry picker taking down a tree in the front yard. I was supposed to bring pizza over…
Humbled and Hungry
I took all five children to prayer meeting by myself. At 9:30 P.M., on the way home, while I talked on my cell phone to my husband still working at his office, the baby started crying and then screaming about a diaper newly wet, and the two-year-old began to sob because she was afraid of…
Help Beyond the Housework
And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. –Genesis 2:18 When you think about the word “help” in this verse, God’s declaration of purpose when He made the first woman, what does it mean to you? “Housekeeper?” “Cook?” “Live-in…
When a Strong Will Gets Redeemed
A good friend of mine, whose children are all grown, tells the story of one of her sons, a boy of iron strong will, never bending for anyone, including his weary mother. She prayed for him, not that God would take her son’s strong will away, but that He would turn it for good. The…
When Your Credentials Get a Fever
About a year ago, in an attempt to win the Insane Mother of the Year award, I took my poor little family, struggling with sore throats, runny noses, and fevers, on a roughly fourteen hour each way trip to New York City for my college roommate’s wedding. If it had been for anything else (OK,…
Fear and Grace
Six years ago I nearly died of pneumonia. It is something I have looked back on ever after to help me understand strength in the face of trials. Not my own strength. God’s. It wasn’t just that He gave the doctors wisdom, or that He enabled me to get the right antibiotics, or even that…
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