Today is been one of those tough days. At least the morning was and things are slowly starting to calm down now as we head into the afternoon. You see – my energy stores (and thus my patience) are in pretty low supply lately. I’m currently 9 weeks pregnant and this third pregnancy has been… Read More
By Victoria Osborn, Contributing Writer Recently in a women’s discussion group we went around the circle as an ice breaking activity to get to know one another a bit better. The discussion prompt was to share the character trait that is both our greatest strength and our greatest weakness. Talk about a loaded discussion topic with… Read More
By Marci Seither, Contributing Writer “Everything in its place and a place for everything!” is the advice I have heard for years. What works for some people, might not work for others. As discouraging as it can be, that is life. Face the fact. Some of us are organizationally challenged. It is Hard to be Mary… Read More
By Katie Bennett, Contributing Writer. Some women make running a home look effortless and easy! The only problem is, it’s not easy, and it does, in fact, take a lot of work, strategy and well-placed effort. As I ventured into my new-found role as a homemaker, I expected to be amazing at it –a true natural. Unfortunately,… Read More
Some days, motherhood is just plain hard. Or dare I say it, even boring. Do you ever feel like you are wasting your talents when you are tying shoes and cutting the crust off of sandwiches? What is our high calling as mothers? In this quick episode, I’m sharing some much needed wisdom and encouragement… Read More
I’m coming out of a season of chaos. In most many ways, I’m still in a season of chaos. It’s a full, wonderful, fulfilled but busy, tiring, and sometimes frustrating season. My season right now is little kids (two sets of twins born two years apart to be exact). My younger twins are six months… Read More
Written by Erica, Contributing Writer The lives of women are in constant transition. The seasons and yearly calendar teach us that life could not stand still if we wanted it to. So, if we’re doing this thing called homemaking, there have to be some answers for those really tough times of transition. Maybe you’ve asked… Read More
Hospitality: What comes to mind? Do you picture a beautiful house complete with a gourmet meal, friends around the dinner table, and polite chit chat? Hospitality can be this, but it’s really much more. By the way: I have a brand new FREE video series on hospitality! Take a journey through Scripture with me as we explore what the… Read More
By Katie Bennett of Embracing a Simpler Life, Contributing Writer My journey to becoming a gospel-centered homemaker has been a long and rocky road. And it’s far from over. You see, my natural-born tendency is to be idle and lazy. Disorder hasn’t always bothered me as much as, perhaps, it should have. Growing up, my room was messy as… Read More
We’ve all been there. The total and utter feeling of failure. Failure as a wife, failure as a homemaker, failure as a mom, failure as an employee. As women, we put so much pressure on ourselves to take on a million and 1 tasks and do them flawlessly. But what happens when this perfect world… Read More
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