Tips for having your toddler sit quietly throughout the church service (19 months)? 

We feel like we finally just got here with our youngest, and it is amazing to sit through a full service with all four kiddos without having to go out once! It is so worth the time it took to get...

How and When do you bring awareness of evil and the fallen state of the world since our kids are home with us? I feel they are oblivious to hurt, wrong, and evil in the world.    

In the early years, that is the beauty of parenting children in a sheltered environment....

"You are not a Victim.

To your children. 
To your home.
To yourself." 

I wrote that in my journal two years ago, because sometimes it feels like I am. 

When the house is falling apart, and the kids are popcorn whining, and baby stole every drop of sleep from my eyes. 

I start...

Within the circles I run it's pretty easy to get a hardy amen to the statements "families that play together stay together" or "families that learn together live together" or "families that work together waltz together". I made up the last one. This was my first time trying it out. That was...

Some of us have them but have no time to see them. Some of us want them. And some of us don’t really see the point.

I used to fall into the first and last category. I mean, how were you supposed to keep in touch with other women as a busy mother and what was the point anyway?

When You Don't...

I know this topic is bridging on the questionable . . . but I suppose because we talk about marriage and physical intimacy on the podcast, women feel open to asking me this often. And I'm glad they do!

It's hard to know where to turn for advice with such personal matters. And while I'm no...

I did one of those eight-minute-long-winded rambles on Social Media (as I am prone to do) and left no time in my afternoon to give you the links to our current favorite reads this month. Below you will find links to where I found each title -- hopefully saving you precious time...

There’s something to be gained from each homeschool style, but our families are not standardized robots that can easily thrive in each designed model. While some will feel free and at ease with unschooling, some will feel chaotic and overwhelmed.

While Charlotte Mason will be a fresh...

Do you ever look at a mom with the same amount as kids and wonder how she seems to get WAY more done? Or be more at peace?

(First off, all moms have frazzled moments, so even if she looks like she doesn’t . . . she loses it sometimes.)

BUT there are women who do...

I don’t have perfect kids. (Then again, they also don't have a perfect mom, so I guess that makes sense.)

Fighting, whining, and toddlers getting into trouble DOES happen in my home. But the beautiful thing is, there are seasons when it doesn’t happen at all.

I started noticing patterns...