Category Archives: children

Tea {with the Goats}

              For the past week, we have all been outside until the sun sets, living, reading, getting to know the goats, fixing up the fences, building a milking stand … {my poor children have been soaking up so much glorious sun that some of the girls have a bad […]

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Welcome, Spring.

 ~~~ Don’t forget to enter for a chance to win the A-B-C Say it With Me dvd! ~~~~ Also, use the code “gigi20” and you will receive 20%% off your order from Moore Family Films until the end of March. ______________________________________________ “The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created Spring.” […]

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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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Dedicating Lavender

  She said, ‘Oh, my lord! As your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you, praying to the LORD. “For this {child} I prayed, and the LORD has given me my petition which I asked of Him. So I have also dedicated him to the LORD; as long as […]

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{Joy}

There’s a little sign on my kitchen counter that says “Be Filled with Joy!” It serves as an amazing reminder to choose to be joyful when, perhaps, my natural inclination of the day is to go the other way … After all, let’s be honest, not all days feel full of joy. But the truth […]

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