My new Bible study!

Since I decided to make resolutions this year, one of which was a commitment to a Bible study, I began looking for one that seemed to fit with my goals for not only my marriage, but my life as well.  And wouldn’t you know it, I found one.
And really, how I found it is completely [...]

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Building up our husbands as leaders

“A true wife makes a man’s life nobler, stronger, grander, by the omnipotence of her love ‘turning all the forces of manhood upward and heavenward.’ While she clings to him in holy confidence and loving dependence she brings out in him whatever is nobles and richest in his being. She inspires him him courage and [...]

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Gratituesday

On this Gratituesday, I am grateful for the blessings that are my two boys.
I find myself constantly in need of a reminder of
just how “blessed” it is to have children,
particularly when God seems to be doing one of those
“growth moments”
on me.
But on this morning, I crawled out from between two sweet boys
who had trouble sleeping [...]

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February 23, 2006

Today is Jake’s 3rd birthday – HOW THE TIME HAS FLOWN!
I caught myself wiping tears as they sang to him at church this last weekend, and realized that as bratty challenging as he’s been lately,
he’s still my baby
and it’s still really hard to comprehend just how far we’ve come in the last three years, let [...]

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Menu for the Week

Even before I became a wife and mother, I learned that writing up a menu is always practical…
Especially for those of us who don’t like change, surprises, or to run out of money at the end of the month!
I’ve decided to start posting my menu plans here, so that I can begin directing those who [...]

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Blessings, but…

Another fantastic posting by Andrea Parunak regarding how we (especially as Christians) consider children.

Blessings, but…
Since the original posting of this piece, multiple people have misunderstood my position. This led me to add the some clarifications to the comment thread. I thought it might prevent further confusion to include them here as well. The original post [...]

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Our Daily Schedule

Since we just moved to our new home, I have felt a little at a loss for keeping the boys out of trouble, and not constantly needing my attention. (Not to mention that it’s pretty difficult to unpack boxes while trying to keep said children OUT of boxes!)
So I adapted a schedule that I used [...]

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