Kids are on to something and grownup are just starting to catch on … the joy of coloring! Adult-geared coloring books have been flying off the shelves lately. Why, you ask? Beside being an enjoyable way to take a break, coloring has numerous health benefits. According to this article by FoxNews: Doctors have known about these benefits since… [Continue Reading]
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Simple Ways to Fill Your Home with Love
Let’s talk about how we can have a lifegiving home. Be encouraged by these simple ways to fill your home with love… As a homeschooling mom, I’ve had kids at home for 30+ years. This means noisy days, busy days, and these-kids-are-giving-me-a-headache days. With our adopted little ones I’m looking at another 8 years… [Continue Reading]
Building Self-Esteem
The Lord your God in your midst, The Mighty One, will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.” Zephaniah 3:17 (NKJV) Growing up I never felt beautiful. We didn’t have much money and all my clothes—except one new outfit every… [Continue Reading]
7 Tips for Living on $7 a Day {by Darren Terpstra}
On October 1st of 2015 I started living on $7 a day, challenging myself to do it for a year (see rules and exceptions here). I’m doing this because I want to show people how much good each and every one of us can do with just a little bit of self-sacrifice. (I’m video blogging… [Continue Reading]
3 Ways You Can Share God’s Love for $10 | Join the #GiveTen Challenge!
3 Ways You Can Share God’s Love for $10 As the holiday season rolls around I hear a lot of “I wants” from my kids. Catalogs show up in the mail. Commercials flash on the television. Every store is filled with racks of glittery, flashy toys that draw my children’s attention. My children are too… [Continue Reading]
Is Motherhood Luck of the Draw? by Ruth Schwenk {+ ‘Hoodwinked’ giveaway!}
Our kids love to play a version of what we used to call hide-and-seek. The difference? They love to play it in our attic… with all the lights out! There is no skill to this game – it is pure chaos, pure chance, and pure darkness! After crawling, dodging furniture, and luckily finding one of… [Continue Reading]
Must-Try Recipe: Old-Fashioned Buttermilk Pie
With the holidays coming up, you can never have enough pie recipes on hand. One of my new favorites is the old-fashioned buttermilk pie recipe from Made With Love! Old-Fashioned Buttermilk Pie 4 eggs 1 cup of sugar 3 tablespoons of flour 1 1/2 cups of buttermilk 1/4 cup butter, melted 2 teaspoons vanilla… [Continue Reading]
Creating a Choretime Routine For Kids
Today I want to share some practical tips and helps for creating a chore time routine for kids. Young children especially will thrive with these suggestions. Creating a Choretime Routine For Kids When we adopted our two sweet children, we sort of went into “survival” mode. Both children had emotional issues, and they need weekly… [Continue Reading]
Taking Care of Yourself as a Ministry Leader
“Self-compassion is simply giving the same kindness to ourselves that we would give to others.” – Christopher Germer Are you a leader of a ministry to those in great need? Maybe you teach in the inner city, serve teen moms, or work in your local food pantry. Maybe you are on staff at a church…. [Continue Reading]
Deals of the Day | 9.4.15
Discounted Prints Summer may be over, but your memories don’t have to be! Snapfish has a great sale going on until September 14th—take 60% off prints using the code TAKE60. I know have a ton of snapshots from our summer adventures I want off my camera and in my hands! Click here to print now…. [Continue Reading]
What Nine Months of Fostering Looks Like (FREE webcast!) | Emily Wierenga
We’ve taken turns quitting over the past nine months, since taking these boys in. These two little boys, in addition to our own. We’ve had four boys under four for the amount of time it takes to give birth. And that’s what it’s been. A giving birth of sorts. It’s been a ripping at the… [Continue Reading]