When Dave and I bought our hobby farm, I was enamored with the fact that we would have a little wooded area in the corner of the property. I loved …
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Every so often I get a cockamamie idea. Well, that's what my husband would tell you anyway. They always seem like good ideas to me. And ever since God placed …
At some point this summer our sweet babysitter brought my kids a Monarch butterfly egg. To me it looked like a milkweed leaf with some dirt on it. She promised …
When I was growing up, my mom tried all sorts of chore systems to encourage her four children to get off their lazy rear ends and help out. Ultimately she …
I am not going to lie ... back to school euphoria is hard on me. In my early days of homeschooling I had a devil may care attitude about the …
Last fall my daughter decided that she couldn't possibly navigate adolescence without a chalkboard wall in her room. I made a big fuss about how her room was already finished and …
Day three of the county fair was blistering hot. I was sweaty, dusty, exhausted, and burned out from showing chickens and horses and projects. The kids were hungry and we …
In our house, someone is usually crying. This morning it was me. My four children have this amazing ability to talk to me simultaneously. Oblivious to anyone else already talking, there …
Last fall I attended a fairy tale outdoor wedding. The sun was streaming through orange, yellow, and red leaves in a peaceful wooded area. The birds were chirping. The bride …
Two months is too little They let him go They had no sudden healing To think that providence Would take a child from his mother While she prays, is appalling It was a Saturday. June 28, …
