August Theme: The Prepared Home
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Are you considering homeschooling your children? As a Christian parent, you may be wondering if homeschooling is the right choice for your family. Today I want to share some of the benefits of Christian homeschooling.
“The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.” Proverbs 21:5
There are many benefits to being a stay-at-home mom. It’s not always an easy decision and not always possible for every family to make that decision, but I wanted to share a few reasons to be a stay-at-home mom for those of you who may be considering it – or simply to affirm those of…
When did summer get so complicated? Somewhere between the sign-up sheets and the screens and the drive to the next thing, the simplest season of the year turned into the busiest one. And I don’t think that’s what any of us actually wanted. So I made a little something to help us slow it back…
When did summer stop feeling like summer? I’ve been trying to put my finger on what an old-fashioned summer actually had that today’s summers often don’t — and I think I’ve figured it out. When I was a kid growing up in the 80s, we lived in a rural community in west-central Georgia, I spent…
When I was a girl, summer had a sound to it. The slap of a screen door. Mama hollering that supper was ready. And that low hum of cicadas meant the day was finally cooling off. Do you remember staying outside until the lightning bugs came out? Because I sure do. We didn’t come in…
Every summer, without fail, it happens. School gets out, the novelty of freedom lasts about four days, and then somebody wanders into the kitchen with that look on their face and says it. “Mom, I’m bored.” And y’all — my answer was always the same. Go play outside. Or, if it’s raining: it’s okay to…
There’s a moment most homemakers know. You look at your bank account mid-month and the number is lower than it should be. You didn’t do anything extravagant. You didn’t go on a trip or buy something expensive. The money just… went. And you can’t quite account for where. That feeling is what a spending plan…
A few years ago, a woman I know lost her husband suddenly. He was in his fifties. Healthy, as far as anyone knew. And then one morning, he was gone. She was a homemaker. Had been for over twenty years. She loved her life, loved her husband, loved her home. But in the weeks after…
There’s something that happens in late September, every single year, in my kitchen. I pull out a particular vintage quilt. I make a big pot of soup — usually my mama’s bean soup recipe – and a skillet of homemade cornbread. I light a candle that smells like cinnamon and cloves. And just like that,…