MOTHERING WITH HOPE & HEART
I awoke Tuesday unsettled. Short-tempered. Kind of like a second Monday after a bad case of food poisoning over the weekend (This really happened.) Yeah, that was my Tuesday this week. And then I remembered that I had to get something in the mail that morning before the mailman came. I decided to do what […]
Continue ReadingWhen I was a little girl, I remember going to lots of Bible schools every summer. I didn’t really like going to VBS because I felt awkward. We weren’t regulars at these churches and often I didn’t go to school with the kids who were there because we moved around a lot. I also didn’t […]
Continue ReadingI’m participating in Simple Homeschool’s linkup for a day in our homeschool life series. This series has been so encouraging and helpful in my little homeschool. If you’re a regular reader of A Work of God, you may know that we homeschool. Or maybe not. It’s not something I write about very often. But it’s […]
Continue ReadingToday was day of big questions, big decisions and big feelings. But mostly, it was another day at the side of the man of my dreams. I just wanted to share a little glimpse of what a real man does for his wife and children. He loves us wholly and without fail. He loves us […]
Continue ReadingDo you ever get in a rut as a person or a parent? I realized this morning that I’ve been in a serious rut. I’m calling it fed-up mothering. It’s the place where you wake up wondering if you’re just going to make it to bedtime because you know the day is going to deplete you.
Continue ReadingIt’s a little question that can cause a lot of stress and anxiety. It can also bring people together. Asking, “what ifs” like “What if we get married? Have a have a child? Buy a house? Start a business? Move to a new town? Go on a trip around the world? Homeschool our kids? Go […]
Continue ReadingIt’s Valentine’s Day and my family is snoring – all of them. We spent the day out in a pasture. The kids rode a little four wheeler. I held the little one most of the day. I also shot a couple of skeet with a shotgun (SO.MUCH.FUN. and not while holding a baby). My hubby […]
Continue ReadingIt’s a new year! I’m so excited because I love to start new projects, new books and new ideas. However, I don’t like to finish stuff. So if I have a word for this year, it’s persevere. I want to lock into getting a few things started and a few things finished the right way. […]
Continue ReadingFor the past few months life has been a bit hectic with three small ones in the house. Two under two is my life’s hardest work to date, but it’s also the most fulfilling. When you have two under two, the logistics of outings get to be more than you may want to handle. We’ve […]
Continue ReadingI was just trying to read an article on Facebook, but it wouldn’t load, so I read the comments. I came across one that floored me. It shouldn’t. But it did. The commenter said, “Christ has no place in our home.” I felt insulted. I felt like she had just shunned one of my dearest friends. […]
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