As we establish our homes, we have the opportunity to keep, throw out or amend the traditions we were raised with. We also have the...

I know this may seem like a premature holiday post, it’s not even Thanksgiving yet. Believe me, you will be thankful for a little lead...

I know there is some belief or stereotype that women love shopping. I’m not in that camp. Of course, when I was younger it was fun. When...

Would I be a complainer if I told you that I get irritated hearing complaints? Can I be real with you, though? There are a lot of...

We have just walked through an unexpected season of busyness. Everyone knows the saying, “When it rains it pours.” Though life with...

I grew up as most children in America do, celebrating Halloween. My mom would spend hours getting creative and making costumes. A lot...

When you have been parenting for a long time, it’s easy to think, “I’ve got this down”. Then, God gives you a child or a circumstance...

We are heading into another school year, lining up all the activities and choosing the best curriculum. I always have such optimism at...

You’re in the trenches and I’m in there too! Who else can spend the entire day walking from room to room picking up your family’s “stuff”...

You know what’s weird? It’s weird that in the age of social media we know so much about people but yet we don’t know people. We don’t...

I know it, how did we get here… has this much time really passed? It doesn’t “feel” like I’m an older woman and I’m sure it doesn’t feel...

The girls who hang out at our house may have discovered the closed lid basket on the top of the toilet. Though it is unlabeled it has...

I’ve just gotten home from a second week of summer Bible clubs with my kids. There are so many verses that they learn during VBS and 5...

In our early days of homeschooling, we weren’t just new to this type of educational model, we were relatively new to being a family...

A friend recently asked me how I prepared myself for the time when my children started dating. She was not asking how I prepared THEM,...

Remember back to when your first child was born. It was the great unknown, wasn’t it? We devoured parenting books and searched for...

I have great memories of watching Lawrence Welk with my Gramma on Saturday nights, sleeping over and then waking up to attend church with...

There was a time that my little boy was just that, a little boy. When he got older and entered the years of passage towards adulthood, I...

I remember the days when we were dating. My boyfriend (later fiancé) was coming to pick me up to go out to dinner. I worked to pick out...

There are big things happening in the world. Major crisis and heartache are out there. The goings on in my home seem so insignificant but...