Nurture

When you marry into a family, more often than not, you acquire a new set of parents and grandparents, none of which parent or grandparent the way you were parented or grandparented.  If you are blessed beyond measure, you find yourself in a beautiful new relationship that takes very little getting used to.   If you [...]

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  I was recently blessed to stumble across an encouraging series by sweet Kelly (who is also a contributor for us) that I know you will be blessed by as well so I wanted to be sure to share it with you all. Be sure to visit these posts and glean the godly wisdom she [...]

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This is the second installment of my nine-month series on The Fruit of the Spirit and its cultivation in our lives. With each post I’ll be including a free embroidery pattern download featuring the month’s topic. “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things [...]

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Tea time is a love of mine. It is a love of mine, because it is a love of my mother’s.  Some of my fondest childhood memories are of impromptu afternoon teas my mother and I shared together. When I was a little girl, Mom would bring home a special box of cookies and would [...]

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As a young mother, I took great care in dressing my children.  I enjoyed picking out their outfits, fixing their hair, and presenting them to the world all starched and pressed. And then they grew up. My oldest was a boy.  I remember very clearly the day he decided to pick out his own clothes.  [...]

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  Have you hugged your daughter today   and told her how much you loved her?   ************** Tweet ShareMrs. June FuentesJune Fuentes is the happy wife to Steve and blessed homeschooling mother to eight beautiful children that they are raising for the Lord. She has a heart to see mothers all around the world [...]

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I have put off pruning our grape for too long. Have you ever stalled from doing something because you were totally intimidated by it? When you have all these grand ideas of growing, nurturing, and producing grapes or hardy kiwis, there is a point that you just have to tackle the learning curve it takes [...]

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“When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, You knew my path…” Psalm 142:3 When I was a fairly new Christian and a young Mama, I had no idea that raising children would require me to walk by faith – I mean, completely trusting the Lord for their futures, especially when life was confusing. Difficult circumstances [...]

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