Over the years, I have had to accept that I can’t do it all every day. So, I make a list of a few things that MUST get done. I get them done and then move onto the next thing. Sometimes things come up, or God decides that my must get done list is not…
Category Archives: On my heart
Fifteen Year Old Memories Rubbing Like Thorns
At the age of nineteen, I went through a rough time. It all revolved around a diagnoses of my dad having terminal cancer. I was home from college on Christmas break when he became ill. The first doctors who saw him said it was heart related. Later, it was a gall bladder problem. so they…
Why the Enemy WANTS Your Marriage…How to knock him out.
A few weeks ago I wrote about keeping your marriage first. I have seen so many marriages fall apart over the last few years, and my heart breaks. Satan WANTS your marriage. Why, because the marriage is a “Holy Institution”. He hates God. Hebrews 13:4-7 Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage…
Raising Real Men, Surviving, Teaching and Appreciating Boys~Review
As an only child and a woman, sometime raising my three boys leaves my head spinning. I wasn’t around boys much when growing up, well, I was but, not this much, and well, it was different. I actually got along better with the boys, but raising them? You mean they should be having a wrestling…
Keeping Your Marriage First Through the Homeschool Journey
Marriage can be tough. Homeschool can be tough. Put together, and well without a plan, God and Prayer…you will have a mess! No one really told me that homeschooling could get in the way of my marriage. How can it, I thought when I read someone say that homeschooling and marriage don’t mix…then I realized,…
The Blessing of Raising Strong Willed Children
As a mom of six strong willed children, three of which are very strong willed, I say this with a smile. I now, am seeing some of the fruit of a strong will in my older children. My oldest has been and is still very strong willed. By the time he was ten months old,…
Need Homeschool Encouragement?
I surely am not the only mom who has felt that the road down homeschool lane is bumpy, lumpy and sometimes making me slumpy. (yep, that is a homeschool mom made up word) Being a homeschool mom isn’t always smooth sailing, in fact sometime we feel like are sails have been torn to shreds and…
Setting Realistic Long Term Goals for Your Christian Homeschooled Children?
We all have goals we want our children to obtain, but, are they the same goals that God has? When setting your goals in your homeschool, it is important to think outside the academic box. Is your ultimate goal, getting your child into an Ivy League University? or Is it helping your child gain a…
See God Working through My Week
This week is just not going well. Monday our water pump for our home went out (rural water well). I ran all over getting parts and such only to have to also get an electrician here to add a 220 outlet in. Dh missed a full day of work. Our six year old reacted to…
Homeschool Mother’s Journal ~July 15
In my life this week… We took part in our county fair. We entered a few projects, attended events and had a great time. In our homeschool this week… We did that “socialization” thing at the fair. Helpful homeschooling tips or advice to share… ORGANIZE and keep it that way. I am inspired by… Organized…
My Daddy’s Hands~Happy Father’s Day~A Tribute to my daddy, and all those daddy’s who have gone a bit earlier then expected
Am I the only daughter left on Earth with her daddy sitting in heaven who has such a strong memory of her daddy’s hands? My Daddy’s Hands Covered in grease and stained with dirt. A show of his hard work Ready to hold my hand. Ready to hug me tight. Used to put me on…
Personal Goal Planning for Christian Moms~Moms need personal goals too
As a mom who wears many hats, many of my personal goals seem to get swept under the rug, lost in the mush, or just neglected. However, as a mom who is also a human, created in God’s image, I have a desire to complete tasks that may not be so motherhood oriented. I press…
Homeschool Mother’s Journal~April 30
In my life this week… We completed four days of school. Though I didn’t get everything done, I would have liked too. This was one of those, God plans and we follow His guidance and come out stronger in the end times. We had a doctor appointment on Wednesday and attended a library sale on…
Life Precious Life…Our God is an Awesome God!
The last ten days have been a bit of a whirlwind…I attended a Christian Women’s Retreat on Friday and Saturday (April 8-9), I came home early afternoon on April 9th and then early Sunday morning received a phone call from my best friend’s daughter Sarah, and would change the next few weeks of our lives….
Don’t Tell Me to Be Nice
There is so much going on with the I can read this, watch this, and it is not going to affect my interpretation of the Word of God. But, really it is. Let’s face it, I would have rather lived 50-100 years ago surrounded by those who believed the Word of God, saw children as…
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Here I share about my world. My world as a stay at home homeschooling
mother, christian, wife, woman, child of God. It is about my life as a farmer’s wife, as a cook, a baker, a nurse, a teacher, a woodworker, a housekeeper, a farmer (yep, I drive tractors, pick up hay bales, and other farm duties), a gardener. So, what you read here, is me, as a transparent sometimes hot headed, passionate, and opinionated person. -
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