Facebook is not forever
Or, what we really want out of social media Although Americans want to believe it, and manipulate to contrive it, there actually is no such thing as “too big to fail.” History shows us rather…
Can moms have hobbies?! – an interview with Lexy Sauvé
Or, being a creative homemaker It’s so easy to feel worn down and exhausted by life, mothering, and all the things – especially when you have six kids like Lexy Sauvé. Lexy has learned a…
Habits of a Happy Homemaker
Being happy at home is actually a matter of habit more than anything. The habits that rule our actions as well as those that rule our thought patterns determine whether or not we are satisfied and joyful in our work at home as homemakers.
Learn to love change.
Or, kingdom adventures at home. Last week, I was walking and contemplating life, musing that it’s not just life that changes, but people also change. Neither are actually necessarily bad. Change is a part of…
Housework Is Good Work.
Is self-help any real help at all? A few months ago when I published Simplified Organization: Learn to Love What Must Be Done, it started showing up as a highlighted new release in the “Christian…
The Right Kind of Service Mindset for Moms
Life is complicated. Families are complicated. Nothing runs on autopilot – not us, not meals, not laundry, not housework, not schoolwork. Someone has to be responsible, managing all the moving parts so that an unlikely…
Finding Joy in Motherhood – an interview with Jami Balmet
Jami Balmet is a Christian homemaker, wife, and mother with not just 7 kids, but 2 sets of twins, so she knows a whole new level of mothering intensity. In this interview, she shares the…
3 reasons you should start decluttering today
So you’re stuck on YouTube watching videos about decluttering again, huh? It’s ok. Let me tell you why you keep getting sucked in to watching OTHER people declutter AND how to get moving on your…
On busy schedules and discipling our kids – with Hannah Spuler
When life gets busy, when kids and their activities multiply, it can be easy to assume something is terribly wrong and we need to cut back until we feel like we can handle it all….
When social media lives & real lives collide: the new landscape of manners
I have many good and even close friends I first met on the internet. Back in the day when being online was weird, I had a blog. I also read blogs. I remember the day…