Teaching from a Place of Rest (The Great Homeschool Experiment: Week 3)

This week started out horrible. Not just cutesy “oh we got off on the wrong foot, but muddled through!” horrible. I’m talking “mind-blowing, gut puking, insomnia inducing, we’re never going to recover, all our attitudes need major readjustment” horrible. My kids have their own unique sets of issues. One has anxiety. One has ADHD and […]

Crushing Fear, Worry, and Anxiety

I cried myself to sleep last night, my body too exhausted to feel anything and my brain too racked with worry to think rationally. Everything was a swirling, dark spiral of fear, worry, and anxiety. What if I’m not enough? What if I’m a bad mom? What if I’m a bad wife? What if I’m […]

Grading, or The Great Homeschool Experiment: Week 2

Ready for more reflections? Week 2 is done and I’ve made some administrative changes! I entered this experiment thinking I didn’t need grades. How inhumane to grade a kindergartener! This period is just about learning to love learning! There’s no possible way to put that on a graded scale! Turns out it is possible to […]

The Great Homeschool Experiment: Week 1

Week One of the Great Homeschool Experiment has been completed! There were ups and downs, but I ended every day feeling triumphant and exhausted. Here are some of my take-aways from the week. 1. Kids need routine, but readjusting to routine is brutal. My husband warned me of this. He’s a “real” teacher (I put […]

Showing Kids the Kingdom: Thoughts on Children’s Church

Today at lunch, my girls asked me some very serious questions about something they saw on Sunday. “Mommy, why did you drink God’s blood?” “Why did you and Daddy eat that cracker?” “Why didn’t we eat it?” “Why was everyone so quiet?” “Is It because Jesus died? Why?” We had a great conversation over mac […]

At The Appointed Time: Christmas Lessons on Trust

There are a few things my daughter is absolutely obsessed with… Elsa and horses are two of them. So when Disney decided to create the Water Nøkk in Frozen II, my kid lost her entire mind. All she would talk about was “the water horse.” All she wanted was the water horse. When she wasn’t […]

5 Steps to a Happier, Healthier You in 2018

The new year is fast upon us! Every year I see posts bearing the hashtag “new year, new me,” which I always think is good advice since we are called in Ephesians 4 to put off the old self and our former manner of life and put on the new self and live in the […]

Little People

“Doh my doodness, wittle Lily! You so squirmy! So squirmy!” the paediatric nurse cooed in an obnoxiously high voice as she took my baby’s vitals. I lay in the hospital bed, still unable to move my legs after the epidural and slightly strung out on pain killers. When I’m all uncomfortable like that, it’s difficult […]

Of Pregnancy and God’s Rebuke

I now understand why Rebekah cried out to the Lord during pregnancy and essentially asked, “What is happening to me?” Of course, I’m not carrying twins that are striving against each other. But I feel as if there’s definitely a little war going on inside of me. Maybe it’s more of a spiritual battle, though. […]

A Question for the Moms

Okay, moms, I’m about to become one of you, so I think you can let me in on the secret. When do the superpowers kick in? Don’t act like you don’t know. You totally have superpowers. When will I get that ability to find literally anything? I get frustrated trying to find information online, never […]