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Archive | July, 2011
Loving the Little Years
Loving the Little Years
review and giveaway
Two potty accidents, a spilled bowl of oatmeal, no morning naps, and I’m finally stepping into the shower at 11 a.m. I take a deep breath and tell myself, “This is the new one.”
It’s just one of the memorable anecdotal reminders for moms in Rachel Jankovic’s new book Loving the Little Years: Motherhood in the Trenches… She’s a young mom of young kids. She doesn’t pretend to have it all figured out. She doesn’t tell you how to parent. Instead, she challenges other moms as she challenges herself: adjust your attitude, change your perspective.
Walking in Purity
Does this help me walk in purity? It’s a question I try to remember to ask before I read that book or watch that film … or, even, have that conversation. But sometimes I forget. Or I choose not to ask the question because I don’t want to answer the question … not honestly! The…
Good Eats for Summer Time
I’ve heard it said that the summer heat and humidity can be brutal here in almost-Dixie land come August. So far I’m loving most of these hot and humid days, but I know that there will come a point when the fact that I was brought up in Seward’s Ice Box will catch up with…
Blind Faith
On my knees, face in my hands, eyes closed, I searched for Him. But I couldn’t see Him. I closed my eyes tighter, yet still struggled to connect with Him as I prayed.
There are moments when I feel so very blind. It’s not clear where I’m going. I can hardly see the next step…
And I’m afraid to walk when I can’t see.
Things I am still learning…that I wish I knew at 20
When I was 20 years old, I got married and started my adult life as a wife and, less than a year later, as a mother. At that point in my life, I knew everything.
I mean it. I was a genius, people. I could tell you the answer to anyone’s problem, and I knew exactly what everyone should be doing with their lives. My brilliance didn’t stop with other people, either…I knew exactly the best way to live my own life, too…
Somewhere between 20 and 26, I managed to misplace all that knowledge.
Q&A: Should daughters stay at home?
I’m looking for “chapter and verse” from the Bible on girls and young women staying at home, under their father’s protection and authority, until marriage. It was an easy concept until we have to back it up! Our daughter lives at home with us, has been homeschooled since birth, and graduates this year. She has…
Five Reasons to Buy Locally Grown Food
Spring days are fast slipping into summer ones, and I’ve been hearing talk of digging up spring gardens and plans for summer crops soon to be ready for harvest. Sadly for me, it will be yet another season in which I won’t get to dig in the dirt and grow my own garden goodies.
That is one reason why I’ve been stalking our tiny local grocery store for new items in the local produce bins that they put out every year!
Well, the tornadoes and bad storms that tore through my corner of the world may have put some things on hold for a while while we pick up the pieces, and the street corner stands seemed a little slow in starting this spring, but the tiny grocery store has begun to stock greens and lettuce and fresh green onions and radishes again from the farmers in the next county over, and I am happy.
