Family Life
Welcome Home: The Year America Spoke the Same Scholastic Language
Welcome Home: The Year America Spoke the Same Scholastic Language Welcome home… homeschooled that is. Yes, I have braced myself for the onslaught of folks reminding me of the terror of COVID-19. I am not here to negate the losses. We have lost too. Family members lost jobs, friends were very sick, acquaintances passed. I…
Read MoreOut of the Box Gift Giving 2019
This year I wanted to share some of my most favorite out-of-the-box gift-giving ideas! I kind of pride myself on gifts that are not the run-of-the-mill ideas, so, why not share? I am including some of my most favorite things to gift, whether useful or just fun. And yes, these have affiliate links, I mean…
Read MoreI Didn’t Need My Husband, & He Didn’t Need Me
When I Didn’t Need My Husband, & He Didn’t Need Me What is this thing called love? From the first kiss to the “I do’s,” and the late-night feedings, big fights, great makeups, and checking account mishaps, marriage and lovey-dovey don’t always co-exist. I have said it before, I will say it again, there is…
Read MoreThe Number One Key to a “Perfect” Marriage
I guess it would be ideal, and perhaps make me more “readable,” to tell you all the things that are perfect about my marriage. But I try not to lie. It seems to me in the ways of “good” marriages and “bad” marriages, good is perfect, sweet, and easy. Bad means, well, you don’t…
Read MoreThe Hardest Thing I Have to Tell My Husband
The Hardest Thing I Have to Tell My Husband I love my husband. In addition to my love of Justin, my husband, I love color. My favorites are pink, duh, and blue… but of course! I love lipstick, red primarily, and frosty nudes. I am a creative. Also, I am a talker. I am pretty…
Read More31 MUST Have Favorite Bedtime Children’s Books!
Oh but story time… I really do love it. Maybe that is the only reason behind my need to continue to invite people to live with me? I love children’s books. And I do love to read to my little people. Among my other favorites is to gift these to new mommas… cause, you gotta…
Read MoreThe After Christmas Shuffle: Life Hacks to Make it to Summer with Ease
From Christmas to Summer break, the road is long. Christmas is over. The countdown to summer is on. Before we get there, we must survive another time change, study another 180 spelling words, master those math facts, and try not to scream at the children before school… we can wait and do it after they…
Read MoreTwo Tips for an Epic Christian Marriage
An epic Christian marriage? Is this even possible? What would that even mean? What would it look like? If you are like me you can think of a couple, maybe two couples that have that “epic Christian” thing going on. They hold hands, everyone looks up to them. They are well groomed and in sync. …
Read MoreI Love Jesus and My Marriage is a Hot Mess
Oh marriage, you and your nonsense, romance, and folly. My husband, Justin and I are coming up on our 25th wedding anniversary. He was 22 when we met. I thought he was wise for his years – he had facial hair and could buy beer legally. [clickToTweet tweet=”I thought he was wise for his years…
Read MoreThe D-Word Saved My Marriage: What Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie Missed that Could Save Yours
Gnawing off your foot to save yourself is sometimes the answer, I guess. If Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie can’t do it, whose marriage is safe? They have a nanny! And we good Christian girls should have perfect marriages, tiny waists, and never… ever say the D-word. Divorce. Ha. I said it. And no, I…
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