The holidays are a wonderful, and exhausting time of the year. No matter how simple you keep things, December is enough to wear out the Energizer bunny. As wives and mothers, we’re concerned about making memories for our children, getting together with friends and family, and reaching out to others around us, among other things….
Jen Shepherd 
About: Patty
- Website:
- http://pattywysong.com/
- Since Patty quit running from God's call on her life, she's been happy. Life is never dull for her as she juggles being a wife, a homeschooling mom of five, bookkeeper of their family business, teaching online blogging classes, and her writing. In addition to drinking black cherry kool-aid from china tea cups, she loves weaving lessons that she's learned into short stories and devotionals, most of which can be found on her blog Patterings. You can also find Patty at The Barn Door, the Internet Cafe and Adding Zest, a site for Christian women who want to add some zest to their love nest.
Author Archives: Patty Wysong
Orange Velour and Me
My house. Sigh. I love my house. It’s big and loaded with windows. Since there’s 7 of us living here, big is extra good. Of course, the fact that the living room and dining room run together adds to it’s spacious feeling, and having the kitchen divided from the dining room with just a bar…
Teaching Children to Write
I really didn’t think she could do it. But she did. My 14 year-old daughter wrote a book in one month—over 50,000 words. Since then, she’s edited it, formatted it, and done the art work for the cover. Not bad for what I was hoping would be a decent month-long creative writing unit for our…
Children and Volunteering
A few years ago my daughters began helping in our church clothing room. It was to be for only three or four weeks, but it’s grown into three years now and my boys have joined the team. It’s been a life changing experience for all of them. The ladies they work with could easily be…
Adopt a Senior
Grandparents are very important people in the lives of children (and for those of us who are no longer children). Unfortunately, families don’t live in the same neighborhood, the same town, or even the same state anymore. Many times families are split from coast to coast. Even with the convenience of email, cell phones, and…
A Lesson In Obedience
Awhile ago, I put in a lot of hours working on lesson plans. As I was working, I noticed that one of my boys had skipped a couple assignments I had written in the margin of the lesson assignment sheet we finished. “Did you do the review and take the test for chapter 7?” I…
Vacuuming an Octopus
Our home is an equal opportunity household. Everyone gets to share in the chores. Our three boys know how to do dishes, sweep, vacuum, and (vaguely) how to do laundry. Our girls know how to mow and (vaguely) help their father with repair jobs. When a child is big enough to run the vacuum, he…
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