As moms, we’re thinking all the time about how to make the holidays special. This can be very hard when you’re on a budget. Our first couple of Christmases, we had a whole lot of love, but not a lot of money. I had dreamed of a beautiful home with wreaths on the window and…
Simple Ways to Bring Nature into Your Home
“We are all meant to be naturalists, each in his own degree, and it is inexcusable to live in a world so full of the marvels of plant and animal life and to care for none of these things.” Charlotte Mason Children seem to be born with an innate desire to experience nature around them. Watch a…
How to Survive When You Feel Broken and Lost – Part 2
(If you haven’t read Part 1, click the link to read now!) Last post, we talked about what to do when we feel broken and lost, when God seems distant. We talked about what a wilderness season is and the lie of abandonment. Today, now that we’ve covered the basics let’s look at how God’s…
How to Survive When You Feel Broken and Lost
When we feel broken and lost, especially if you believe in God, God seems distant. You feel abandoned. You don’t feel the presence of Holy Spirit. Maybe you’re doing all the same things you did in past seasons, but you feel hopeless, purposeless. I’ve been there. I felt so guilty for feeling hopeless and fearful until…
Your Little Guide to Wedding Registries
Caleb and I married at a fairly young age (21 and 20). I will be the first to say I had no idea what we needed to make a home! I was stressed about making the wrong choices or getting too much or not enough. Now that we’ve embraced the homesteading life, we have a…
