Merry Christmas from us… You may have noticed that this sort of thing usually gets mailed to your home. But I am a huge slacker. So you get an even better version. The “tear my hair out because I am leaving in a few hours, but first why don’t I sit down and write a …
Every now and then I tell you what we’re reading in school. I usually mix it up a little in December, and we all enjoy the change. We still do most of our normal studies, but adding some different reading at Christmas is fun. Because I say it’s fun. This year we learned Christina Rossetti’s …
Welcome back to more ramblings on work. I have good news for us. Maybe we can knock a few things off our list, because they aren’t about serving our family after all. What if a lot of the work we are staggering under is self-imposed out of pride? Pride is sneaky. We have to constantly …
How precious a thing is the [family]. Is it not worth some sacrifice in time, energy, safety, discomfort, work? Does anything come forth without work? -Edith Schaeffer Some books change your life. But you don’t realize it till much later. “What is a Family?” by Edith Schaeffer is one of those for me. …
I would be irresponsible to discuss these ideas as if I had it made. Just so you know. I found this quote last week: We are an environment for the other people with whom we live. -Edith Schaeffer, The Hidden Art of Homemaking To create an environment that others would enjoy being part of, I …
After yesterday’s serious post, I had to throw this out there. I feel it is my duty to sound the alarms. Get to the store, people! If you are getting close to running out of Q-tips, get yourself to the store and get some. I do realize that this town does clean up nicely for …
Michael and I have had endless conversations about Christmas. We discuss the fact that anyone can go on and on saying it’s all about Jesus, but what we value and do at Christmas sometimes tells a different story. We’ve been in talks about Christmas for years now. This year it broke me. I was finally able …
