Seriously. Here in America we have OnStar, cell phones, weather alerts. We’re insured–at the very least–with life, health, vehicle and property insurance. Why put our trust in a higher being when we’ve got fertility drugs, smoke alarms, the ER and government assistance at our beck and call?
In this instant gratification society, why pray when [...]
Archive for October, 2007
As I type, my dh is enriching our daughters’ lives with the music of Marty Robbins. Never heard of him? Think authentic cowboy music. Sons of the Pioneers. Red River Valley ring any bells? Cool Water? Well, anyway, these songs make you think of Roy Rogers and fringed shirtsleeves. Corny as it sounds, it’s actually [...]
Every mom has been there.
We had chiropractor appointments at 11:45 A.M. today. Before that, we picked up my oldest daughter’s reading glasses and rushed through several errands. No time for lunch at home. And the Donna Reed in me (snort-cough) didn’t have the foresight to get a picnic packed…
After the appointments we stopped at the [...]
Yep, and the walls and the window and the floor…the bathroom got an overhaul yesterday.
I. Would. Really. Like. An. Exhaust. Fan. In. The. Bathroom.
Dh says we’ll get one, he’s even got one picked out in the farm store circular we received in yesterday’s mail. It’s that time of year. Not cold enough for the heater, [...]
A good friend and her dear mom spent most of an afternoon showing my daughters the basics of using a serger sewing machine. They’re both amazing seamstresses, wedding dress caliber these gals!
Anyway, Andrea contacted me wanting to do what she called “a fun project” with my girls which would require only a half yard [...]
When asked what advice she would leave to her children and grandchildren Mama Shoe gave these reminders:
Learn to forgive others. Throughout your life you will have occasion to be hurt by people—sometimes really and sometimes just perceived. Whether they are bad people who have taken advantage of you or injured you in some way, or [...]
Every homeschooling mom needs a clock stamp. Or at least a page of stamped clocks awaiting “hands” that she can reproduce when needed. Really though, the site I linked to sells clock stamps for $3.50, not a bad price for a great teaching tool!
Mary’s Favorite Use For Clock Stamps
Other than its obvious use for teaching [...]
The Best Medicine
Published by October 18th, 2007 in Christianity, Health and Parenting. 10 CommentsI’m posting today at Writer…Interrupted, a post of encouragement for parents of sick children.
As an extension of that, I wanted to mention that there’s nothing nicer than a care package when the germies have been making their unwelcome rounds. My oldest sister stopped in last fall, during our bout of influenza, and dropped off a [...]
Just got tagged by Jessica and Georgiana D for the 10-20-30 Meme, started at author Mary DeMuth’s Relevant blog…
Quick: What were you doing ten, twenty and thirty years ago?
Ten years ago–
Age 22. We’d just moved from our cozy first trailer home into an old fixer-upper on 12 acres. I’d been killing myself sanding and painting [...]
Brrr! I love fall, but it takes me a few to adjust to the cooler weather. Here I sit, wrapped in a heavy fleece blanket, thinking wishfully about my ‘orange cappuccino’ days…
Set the alarm for early this morning. Shivered through a hot bath and then 3 year old and I fixed banana pancakes and hot [...]
