And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord. - Col 3:17
I used to think that the modern day woman’s biggest struggle with feminism had to do with having a career or staying at home. It certainly seemed that way to me, until I got pregnant with our second baby and I started to think about my pregnancies, birthing experiences, women who were going through the same, and how society has warped the views and stripped the innocence from the whole graceful process of starting a family and birthing babes. When entering adulthood {Read More}
I can’t believe she is finally here, that she is a she, and that she was born at home! Meet Sybil Rose. It was 11:30 p.m. on the day before week 39. I had instinctively placed a towel under the blanket on our bed a day prior “just in case” my water broke – and as Seth was rubbing my back as he does every night, the first glacier erupted. Seth thought I had peed my pants but I assured {Read More}
Do you ever have moments in your life where you feel God is near and at other times, so far away? Some pastors call these periods of consolation – a time where receiving God’s revelations are effortless, and desolation – also known as the “dark night of the soul,” a time where the answers are hard-pressed and God seems as far away as the distance between Heaven and Earth. Other pastors describe this phenomenon in terms of spiritual milk: a {Read More}
I have definitely been slacking when it comes to posting my recipes! A few weeks ago I converted and created 10 new recipes and all were huge hits in this house. By far, chocolate chip cookie dough frozen yogurt topped the list. Are there two desserts more perfect for each other than raw cookie dough and ice cream? Because we don’t eat dairy (with the exception of butter), this is one pregnancy craving I was sure I would never be {Read More}
Memory boxes, scrapbooks, photo albums, keepsakes, cute holiday cards and photographs of loving moments with growing babes. I wish I could say I do these things…to preserve time…to preserve cherished memories…but I don’t. I am a failure when it comes to taking pictures, or paying someone else to take them for me. The only photo album we have of our daughter is on my Facebook page, and the unfinished scrapbook I started during my dating days with my husband is {Read More}
“If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it” (Matthew 16:24-25) If someone would have told me that being a stay at home mother would require me to take up my cross and deny my own persuits, goals, and desires in life, I’m not sure I would have accepted {Read More}
Have you ever heard of this verse in Proverbs 27:15-17? “A quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping on a rainy day; restraining her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand.” This is totally not me…or at least I’d like to think that. But in the quiet evenings at home when I have a few moments to read, think, and speak with God – he often tells me the things my selfish self just doesn’t want to {Read More}
If someone would have told me that this May, my husband and I would be having our own home birth, I would have thought they were crazy. Yet here we are, 26 weeks pregnant and planning to bring our life into the world in what we feel is the safest most intimate way. (I know what you might be thinking…your house is safer than a hospital!? And the answer is yes…for 98% of women it is!) Pregnancy and childbirth are {Read More}
My 98-year-0ld Great Grandmother makes the cutest little rolls! I have loved them since I was a child and finally decided to make her recipe…my way. I am always surprised at how easy it is to turn even the oldest recipes into something modern, healthy, and delicious! These twenty-four perfect little rolls turned out great! I hope you enjoy them as much as we did. Ingredients: 1/2 cup olive oil 1/2 cup of coconut or organic sugar 1 tsp sea {Read More}
I am really struggling. I see two movements in this country. I see educated women giving up their careers to embrace the humble calling of a servant…(i.e. a stay at home mom); and I see stay at home moms who are leaving their homes…their calling…to go back to school or to get a job. I have a very hard time understanding how God would call any mother away from the home and the purpose for which she was created – {Read More}
