Last year, my friend Stacy asked me if I wanted to be part of a homemaking co-op she was setting up for a few high school girls in our homeschool group. We aren’t starting the co-op until next school year, so we had a year to think about it. I couldn’t say yes fast enough! [...]
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There are so many things to teach our daughters as we prepare them to one day raise families of their own. In the Ultimate Homemaker’s Passage, Proverbs 31, verse 20 highlights a special skill all girls need to learn: She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy. Would you [...]
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source: photoxpress When I was teaching Pre-k years ago, we made several recipes in class. I had no access to a kitchen, though, so I had to be creative. After a couple years of playing around, I found out what worked (homemade ice cream: yum!) and what didn’t (pumpkin smoothies: yuk!). Whether cooking in the [...]
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I put together an impromptu gift for my oldest daughter this week. It wasn’t a special occasion, and not a gift I’d give her for her birthday or anything like that. This was just a fun thing I put together for her. What was it? Her own cleaning set. Like I said, I wouldn’t have [...]
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In the thirteen-plus years I’ve been with my husband, we’ve gone out to dinner on the actual Valentine’s Day only twice that I can remember. Since our parents are our go-to sitters, I usually don’t ask them to watch our kids on an occasion when they might want to go out themselves. Especially since they [...]
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It’s always nice for our girls to have Godly women that share our values to look up to. You might be blessed by a nearby community of like-minded friends and family, or you might be the only one you know who stays home with her kids. Either way, it’s a gift to be able to [...]
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I can think of nothing simpler in this world that will nourish a body and soul as a family dinner will. I am a big believer in sitting at a nicely-dressed table and enjoying a meal together at least a few times a week. Do we ever do it as often as I’d like? No. [...]
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When I got married at 22, I didn’t know how to sew. I didn’t really know how to keep a house clean. I figured gardening was for hippies, and had nothing but faux plants in our new home. Anything else would have died. Fortunately for my husband, I was one mean cook. I could distract [...]
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