“Does she cry often? She seems so happy all the time…” The question was asked at a recent church gathering, an enquiry about our little baby’s cheerful demeanour. Dressed in her sweet little church gown, her soft baby head covered in her lacy bonnet, I felt like I was holding a sweet little piece of […]
“For years, while raising children, a mother’s time is never her own, her own needs have to be kept in second place, and every time she turns around a hand is reaching out and demanding something. Hence, a mother raising children, perhaps in a more privileged way even than a professional contemplative, is forced, almost […]
Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace. ~M. Sarton Fifty empty holes, lining the picket fence of our front yard, lay ahead of me and my mini crew. Fifty holes dug out […]
“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” – Cicero One of the best words of advice in my motherhood and homeschooling journey was to build up your own home library. In a world of every changing politics and morals and seeing history literally being erased or changed, a […]
In a world of darkness, let us be the light. We’re certainly not perfect … but we are aiming for this: “O give us homes built firm upon the Saviour, Where Christ is Head, and Counsellor and Guide; Where ev’ry child is taught His love and favor And gives his heart to Christ, the crucified: […]
