As I’ve mentioned, we celebrated my sister’s wedding this past weekend! The day was stunningly beautiful and now we are left in the bittersweet haze of the celebration being over, family and friends leaving town, and settling back into our daily routine at home. There are thousands of photos and I cannot wait to weed through…
I last posted 8 months ago. The time passed and then every time I wanted to write I didn’t know where to begin! We’ve been working on so much around here and I suppose just living life. I still don’t know where to begin, but I do want to keep writing on this blog, that…
These are a few I have checked out from the Library right now. It’s a lot of non-fiction; so I really need to get my hands on a couple good pieces of fiction, too…a couple “lazy days in the sun” type books. I’ll start with these and see where the Summer takes me! Sheparding a…
1.) I am so grateful for such sweet family and friends who call or come help when my love is away. One such lovely friend even brought flowers which have been brightening up my kitchen all week. 2.) I waited for months to get the book Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon from the library and upon taking…
I recently finished The Sacred Marriage by Gary Thomas and absolutely loved it. I chewed it bit by bit, and always came away with a refreshed perspective on what the Lord desires from my marriage, how I am intended to love and respect my husband, and how my character can continuously be refined through the…
There are many, many books that I am perfectly fine with checking out from the library, enjoying for a couple weeks and returning with no monetary investment. However, as reading plays a vitally important role in our home, so does building a family library of quality resources and some are absolutely worth the investment to buy, have, love and read over and over…
I just finished Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand and it is fantastic. I mean, the story is horrific; all that Louie Zamperini and his fellow POW’s expereinced during WWII is incomprehensible, but compilation of the book and readability of his story is facinating. In gauging what makes a…
Last year, I read the book Radical Hospitality: Benedict’s Way of Love by Lonni Collins Pratt and David Homan. Today, feeling a little tired and tested, I re-read some of the quotes I wrote down and one leaped off the page to be shared (actually, it is a fantastic book, so numerous leaped off the page,…
Last week, I posted about The Read Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease. It is a fantastic resource and has TONS of information (that I won’t rewrite here; I just highly recommend you read it) such as: the benefits of reading, statistics, and book recommendations for different ages/stages. Today, I want to offer up some suggestions of…
There are a lot of things I’d love to do well or better as a mom. I’d love to do more crafts, be more creative, spend more time building things (and knocking them down), and, since we have an incredibly active little boy, wrestling! And while all things can usually stand improvement, one thing I…
