When I miscarried in 2000 and 2003, my children were too young to know what had happened. However, when I miscarried this past Thanksgiving and again last weekend, most of my children and especially my daughters are well aware of what is happening. And they grieve. I think perhaps my daughters grieve even harder than [...]
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My oldest son, about five years old at the time, ran towards me wild-eyed and screaming. “Mommy! Mommy!!! Help me!” Twenty yards or so spanned the distance between us, but it felt like two thousand yards. I stretched out my arms to him and he collapsed into them, sobbing. “He was hitting me, Mommy! And [...]
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Today we have a post by Jacqueline of Deep Roots at Home… Is it a fair statement to say that we cannot grow more Christlike if we don’t remain in the Word of God? Starting January 2, I began a challenge to read the Bible in 90 days. Here is my schedule. I felt the leading to do this but soon realized [...]
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You’ve been there… you get up early to have quiet time, get your coffee ready, sit down and open your bible, savor the quiet for just a moment, and… the door opens and your child comes stumbling out, ready to start her day! This scenario happens to me…a lot. It’s not that I don’t want to [...]
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“Parenting is hard”. My friend announced their family motto. I agree with her 100%. There’s the delicate balance between “training them in the nurture and admonition of the Lord” and all that entails, and the work that only the Lord can do in a heart. We require obedience, but obedience must ultimately be from a [...]
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Today we have a guest post by Kristy Howard of Little Natural Cottage: My husband and I love to tinker with gardening. Every spring and fall, we till, prepare, mulch, plant, and prune a few square yards of soil, hoping to produce enough vegetables to feed our growing little family- and maybe have enough extra [...]
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Have you ever been perplexed about your friendships with boys? Have you ever wondered how to handle a crush or unrequited love as you try to wait for God’s best? Should guys and girls even be friends? As girls desiring to become godly women, we want our interaction with young men to be God-honoring and [...]
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Today we have a guest post by Jenny Ervin of A Mother’s Heritage: They rocked their babies gently with the blankets wrapped carefully around each one. When it was time to pray all three began their motherly sway as they tenderly bounced their little ones to sleep during family worship. Yes, there they stood. My [...]
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