When you think hospitality what do you envision? For the idealists – It is a magazine cover shot of friends laughing around a perfectly curated table? A guest bedroom made up as a cozy retreat. Or maybe you envision opportunities to lay down your lives for others on a heroic sermon illustration level. But there…
In my previous post on Blessing Your Children, I promised that I would also address crafting a Family Vision Statement. My husband and I crafted a vision statement for our family. It has aided us in decisions and encouraged us to press on during difficult times. Friends often ask us about our vision statement and…
It seems there are two camps when it comes to emergency prepping. Either you are all in: off-grid homesteading with a solar generator, homemade water filtration system, and a cellar full of homegrown canned food stores OR you have nothing because it all seems overwhelming and you’d rather not think about it! Or perhaps you…
We have finally reached a point that we are able to honor the Lord by our Sabbath rest, together, as a family … most of the time.
Grocery prices have been on the rise lately due to inflation. If you are anything like me, you are paying closer attention to your grocery budget! Each time I go to the store lately there is something that makes my eyeballs pop out – last time it was bacon prices! Just so you have an…
We just added a new member to our family. She adds a disproportionate amount of extra laundry for her tiny size. Ironically, she also lives in our laundry room right now. Yup. Our family is bursting at the seams and the laundry room was the one place in our house I could find for her…
If you are like me you are familiar with the day after Christmas “overwhelm”. You look around at your home with all the new “stuff”, remnants of wrapping paper, and the filth of your kitchen floor that you have been ignoring due to the fast pace. It was not pretty at our house post-Christmas this…
We’ve done some sort of family tea time for quite a while. My husband enjoys Earl Gray and is secure enough in his masculinity to enjoy it in fine china so we’ve had tea together since our early years of marriage! The ritual has morphed and changed over the years into what we do today….
The other day I was watching my oldest daughter playing in the front yard. She was swinging and singing and very happy not knowing I was watching through the kitchen window as I washed the dishes. My eldest is a social butterfly with lots of friends. She loves being around people – needs to be…
How can we teach gratitude to our children and foster in them a joyful and thankful attitude? Read below for several gratitude exercises applicable to any age. I have also included free printable thank you cards for kids and for adults with some helpful writing prompts.
