As we head into a new homeschool year, it’s easy to focus all our attention on curriculum choices, but the truth is, a peaceful and fruitful school year depends on so much more than the books we choose. In this episode, Jami shares the practical, non-curriculum ways she is preparing for their family’s 10th year… Read More
We are BACK! After the longest break I’ve ever taken from the podcast since starting back in 2015, I’m finally back behind the mic — and back on video too! Right click here and save-as to download this episode to your computer. In this episode, I’m sharing where I’ve been, why I unintentionally took a… Read More
In Part 1 of this series, I asked the question: Can you really raise a large family well? Welcome to part 2. I’m the oldest of four kids, which, in my mind growing up, did not feel like a large family. But apparently… it was and is especially now! People used to ask my mom… Read More
I originally wrote this article in April and I’m finally getting around to publishing it. I’m about to place 5th Azure order and it indeed has already made a huge difference in our budget (see the bottom of the article)! Over the years, I’ve developed quite a system for storing and cooking out of a… Read More
If you’ve been feeling stressed, weighed down, worried, or just quietly unsettled lately… this is for you. I’ve walked through cycles of this myself over the past few years. Since 2020 especially, it has felt like a constant hum beneath everything, an undercurrent of tension that never quite goes away, especially when one is chronically… Read More
Rediscovering God’s design for family in a world that sees children as a burden I have mostly been off of social media entirely since early January when I got my new “dumb-ish” phone for my birthday. But even so, news reached me that Hannah Neeleman from Ballarina Farms had her 9th baby. And that the… Read More
For the first time in a couple of years, I’ve really been enjoying my reading list! I’ve set a goal of reading 104 books this year, at a clipped pace of 2 books per week. Here at the end of February, I’ve managed to stay on track with this goal and hope to see it… Read More
When I first got married, I was behind. Admittedly, I was only nineteen. That alone explains part of it. But if I am completely honest, I do not think that five more years would have made much difference. Even if I had finished college as a single woman instead of a married one, even if… Read More
I am deep in the part of my gardening year where I am SUPER excited… and also starting to wonder if maybe I did too much. If you garden, you know this feeling. January and February are all hope and seed packets and plans. Everything feels possible. And then suddenly your dining room table is… Read More
The kids and I had the opportunity to go visit my family in Pennsylvania this past week, and I’m so incredibly glad we did. We’ve been trying to schedule a trip up there for ages, and it just never seemed to work out. There was always something — a launch, a deadline, a busy season,… Read More
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