She sat on the edge of the bed, in a room that was piled with dirty laundry and books and toys on the floor, and she wept. She felt so overwhelmed and lonely. She worked everyday, came home, got dinner and put the kids in bed, then dropped into bed exhausted just to wake up to do it all over again. Was this all there was to life?
Sometimes it’s easy to open mouth, insert foot and let our words hurt those we love. But Scripture encourages us to speak life into those around us. Welcome to Monday Meditations. In case you weren’t here last week, this is where I share what God’s teaching me this week about becoming more like Him. I’m a total work in progress, and I would love it…
The Vision: Encouraging Moms A few months ago, I realized that I needed a vision for this blog. An overall plan. To keep me on track. You know, because I get distracted easily. So I decided at that point that my vision for this blog is to be an encouragement to homeschool mommas. Who love Jesus. And books. Yes, that would be good. But how…
Do you ever feel like a failure in life… or in homeschooling? You can overcome your past and get back on track when you feel like a failure! I am a failure. There. I said it. As much as I try, I still mess up. I was fired from my last job, and I wonder if I was at least partly to blame. My marriage is broken, without…
A couple of days ago, I fell. Flat on my face. Literally. I haven’t fallen so hard since I was three years old, and busted my lip and my favorite froggy toy wide open. My mom tells me that fall made me stop sucking my thumb, because it was too painful. And similarly, I learned a few things when I fell this time too. I want to share with…
My washing machine broke the other day. Yeah. Not cool. We do a million loads of laundry a week. What was I going to do without my washer? Fast forward two weeks, after several calls to the repair company and a trip to the laundromat, the repair guy finally arrived. And fixed the washer. Hallelujah! Repairing that thing wasn’t an easy process. The washing machine…
Day one. Clean Slate. No mistakes. Yet. Last night I went to bed discouraged. Defeated. The day didn’t go the way I wanted it to. None of my checkboxes got checked. I yelled at the kids. The house is still a mess. We didn’t get any school done at all. And I went to bed discouraged and defeated. But no matter how bad yesterday was,…