Category Archives: Families

When Mommy is {at Home}

{This might be a controversial post but it has been pressing on my heart for quite a while now. I write this with a grace-tipped pen with hopes that it may strike a chord in someone’s heart, as well.}  “I looked on child rearing not only as a work of love and duty but as […]

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Bunnies & Mothering

And we have baby bunnies now! Both Lacey’s {lionhead} and Lucia’s {chinchilla} rabbits were bred and produced a lovely litter of seven bunnies in total.     They are, of course, very cute.   And one of our broody hens hatched her little chick … I always love to see all this mothering happening around […]

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Number our Days.

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Psalm 90:12   Hearing a sermon this morning refreshed my heart and mind, reminding me that our days our short on this earth … this is our temporary home … and we need to number our days. Many of us […]

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Whatever is Good & Lovely…

{Giveaway below!}   These days, it can be a challenge to find entertaining, lovely movies to watch with your children.  Since we do not have internet available for watching movies, and do not subscribe to programs like Netflix, etc. I’m usually on the lookout for wholesome additions to our video library. One of my children’s […]

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Blessings upon Blessings…

Children – are you seeing them truly as a blessing or a curse, an annoyance, a punishment, to your life? A recent conversation with some friends was, sadly, very eye-opening  …  each conversation was “me- focused”,  excluding their children, speaking of how they avoided doing things together as a family by serving their own needs […]

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