Devotional

Finding Contentment

November 30, 2011

It seems as if I am always dealing with the same struggles over and over again. Discontentment is one of those struggles for me. I know in my heart that my life is so good…I have been blessed immensely. I am able to stay home and school my children. This is a privilege that many [...]

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Charlotte’s Web – We’re all like Wilbur

November 2, 2011

The current read-aloud in our home is “Charlotte’s Web” by E.B. White. It is the story of a beloved pig named Wilbur who is saved from a Christmastime death by the friendship he has formed with a spider named Charlotte. As we were reading, my girls were aghast at the first mention of Wilbur’s coming [...]

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Always Full

July 22, 2011

Last week in school we did an experiment that demonstrated that an empty water bottle wasn’t truly empty. In actuality, it was full of air. It was during this experiment that I decided that there is no “glass half-empty” or “glass half-full”. In actuality, the glass is always full. All full. That’s how our life [...]

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A Gentle Tongue and Perverseness in It

May 18, 2011

I’ve been thinking a lot about the kind of speech I use, especially with my most loved ones. Last week I read this verse states that a “gentle tongue” is a tree of life. I want my speech to give life to my children, my husband, my family and friends. I desire to have a [...]

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Not Sick!

January 12, 2011

Credits: Time to Play template, papers, elements and alpha by Connie Prince. Our entire family {excluding my husband} got sick over Christmas. It began on two days before Christmas and didn’t completely end until New Year’s. One by one, each of my children and myself developed a fever and lingering cold with all its symptoms. [...]

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Eating Solid Food

November 9, 2010

At Jenny’s four month well baby visit, the pediatrician informed me that I should begin her on solid foods. He said to begin her on rice cereal mixed with water (because she is breastfed) and stage one baby foods. I knew this from my previous babies. I also knew from my other babies that this [...]

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