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Lynn

Childhood

We’ve been busy the past couple of weeks, busy with a (mostly) childhood illness: chicken pox.  No, it was not fun for them.  But this cloud had its silver lining.  It forced us to slow down and focus on simple things, the way sickness always does: comforting a miserable child just by holding them, letting them sleep on your bed, running baths in the middle of the day, and special mom-and-me movie times while everyone else is out for the evening. Another upside to this downtime was watching them practice compassion as one child put a…

Easter

Happy Resurrection Day! “Then, as they were afraid and bowed their faces to the earth, they said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead?  He is not here, but is risen!  Remember how He spoke to you when He was still in Galilee, saying, ‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.’”  Luke 24:5-7 “Then he said to them, ‘Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer…

Well, here goes!

I love words.  I love the written word, I love words of wisdom, I love talking to my children.  Words are powerful.  It is my hope and prayer that I can share words of encouragement with other moms through glimpses of our daily life together.  Those glimpses will contain anecdotes (the good, the bad, the ugly) of family life, information about homeschooling, book reviews/recommendations, low-cost projects, DIY decorating, and recipes,  (Two of my children have to eat gluten-free, so I love finding easy gluten-free recipes!)  and whatever else God lays on my heart. One thing that…