I tried to achieve the perfect first-day-of-school photo. I really did. But as my children love to do whenever I want to create a moment or make a memory “extra special,” they decide it’s the perfect time to be silly. When will I learn? I was trying to take individual photos, but the other wouldn’t […]
Read More First Day of School PicsI was looking through an old family album recently when I came across a drawing I made for my mom one Mother’s Day. It is a pencil sketch of a tulip with sentiment and instruction at the bottom. A few pages later, I found another one. And in a box of old photos, I found […]
Read More Throwback Thursday: Mother’s Day EditionI am thankful for technology. It gets used a-plenty for evil, but good, God-honoring usage abounds. My six-year blogging anniversary is coming up. And one of the things I always wonder about when I read a blog is, what is she really like? I know it’s easy to build an expectation about what a person […]
Read More Thankful ThursdayAsking the kids to memorize this verse has given us new questions to ask during those times when the kids are doing everything but seeking to live peaceably with one another. Our curriculum: Young Peacemaker
Read More First memory verse for the school yearA “Thankful Thursday” post On days that I do not leave the house, even if I’ve done several chores, I don’t really feel like I’ve done anything. Today I loaded, unloaded, reloaded, and ran the dishwasher. Fed the family a couple of times. Sorted and began washing the laundry. Made a run to the grocery […]
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