Let’s face it. Life is busy. Even if your children don’t participate in an abundance of extracurricular activities, life is still busy. Keeping house keeps mother’s busy. There is always something left undone by the end of the night. It is so easy to get caught up in those things that are immediately seen. You [...]
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In any calling or occupation, growth is an inevitable outcome of endeavoring to do one’s best. Skills are mastered, systems are instated, routines are streamlined. When running a home and raising a family, a calling deeply tied to one’s self {and dying to it}, it is necessary to allow our daughters to observe us growing [...]
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I have three beautiful daughters whom I love and cherish. Teaching my daughters homemaking skills is very important to me. I want them to know how to cook, clean, run and manage a home, care for children, love their husbands and so forth, but nothing is more important to me than having them walk with [...]
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Don’t you just love fall? The days getting shorter, the air getting crisper, and a new academic year is stretching before you. For many this change in season signals a new football season. I like to call this time Mentoring Season! This change of season is a perfect time to pencil into your schedule purposeful, [...]
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Daughters should be using their time well and reading books is a wonderful way to learn more about godliness, character, life, homemaking, and so forth, but please, don’t just give your daughter just any kind of books. Be prayerful and selective about what kinds of books to give them. As a young girl I came [...]
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Globs of thick brown batter were spattered across the cluttered counter top. Dirty dishes were lined up as if patiently waiting their turn to be washed. Laura, my eight year old daughter had flour smudged on her face and was attempting to be queen of the kitchen. Her scepter was the spatula; her cape, a [...]
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