Category Archives: Families

Slow Your Days

“I remember reading about a man of God who used to sign his letters, ‘Restfully busy.’ Learn to be busy with a restful heart. This is your right as a child of God. God has provided a rest for you. Hebrews 4:9 says, “There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.” God lives […]

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Fresh Air: It’s for Your Health

“Every hour spent in the open is a clear gain, tending to the increase of brain power and bodily vigour, and to the lengthening of life itself. They who know what it is to have fevered skin and throbbing brain deliciously soothed by the cool touch of the air are inclined to make a new […]

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{simple + real}

“I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.” -Laura Ingalls Wilder       Lazarus is 11 months old today. Lyla prayed and prayed for a little brother and her prayers were answered in due time. She was so excited when she […]

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Do What You Can.

Lucia, my 8-year-old daughter, read this quote to me this week as it was part of her copywork for school. “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” Theodore Roosevelt Right away, I copied it onto our chalkboard to read daily. What a fabulous piece of advice! So often we long for […]

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A bit of Rambling

For the past week or so, things have been so busy. Coming home from our camping trip at the beginning of the month, it feels like the to-do lists have not stopped. It is all work at home type projects so for that, I am grateful. You will not find me out running about off […]

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