Seasons of life…as women we encounter various seasons of life. Singleness, college, marriage, newlywed days, childrens’ births, newborn days, toddler days, elementary school years, high school years…with each season of life our lives change. My husband and I recently found out that we are expecting a little addition to our family at the end of…
Category Archives: To Raise Them Up
Mother, Be Encouraged!
Today I felt the need to just encourage all the mommies out there, who are devoting their lives to God’s highest calling for women. With Mother’s Day quickly approaching, I would love to see Motherhood being exalted everywhere, and mothers being encouraged and supported. I urge you to do your own encouraging…you never know how a…
Childhood: A Vanishing Mist
It was a sleepless night. And I woke up without a gentle and quiet spirit. Then as the morning went on I was attempting to bring some peace to the chaos when Husband called and needed an errand attended to. I opted to take the four youngest children, ages six and under, with me on the errand…
The Secret to Your Child’s Success
Every parent wants to raise “successful children.” The irony is that as important as “success” is to parents, very few of them actually know how to help their children achieve it. Not only that, they are confused about what actual success is and are only aiming for the end results, missing the means by which…
Practicing Hospitality WITH Children
We try to have other families over for fellowship, to practice hospitality and serve others on a somewhat regular basis. We much prefer to minister as a family. One thing that we have tried to do is inspire the children to take part in the serving. It is amazing to me how easy it is,…
“I’ve Been trying Really Hard to do it God’s Way…”
Yesterday was “one of those days.” Can’t explain why exactly, but it just seemed like everything took longer than it needed to, involved more arguing, whining, and complaining than usual, and…ultimately resulted in me yelling at the children, which we all HATE. Of course, the words were barely out of my mouth when I apologized…
When Motherhood Feels too Hard (Review and Giveaway!)
Sigh…it’s been a week. Already? It’s only Wednesday? Yep. There’s nothing like fatigue and morning sickness to remind me just how weak and human I am. When narcolepsy sets in while I’m reading a picture book to my three year old, and the older kids shout “Mom, wake up!”… When I step over the mess…
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