By Cindy Rushton Thank you so much, Cindy, for allowing me to use this article today. It wasn’t in my original plans, but your message is so good for us busy, over-scheduled, sometimes-frantic homeschooling mothers. Ever had an “unbalanced tire?” Recently, I had a tire that was driving me crazy! It made the ride horribly [...]
Handling Things in a Large Family
July 15, 2009 by 2 Comments
I’ve been asked, “How do you handle everything with so many kids,” so many times recently that I thought it would be fun to write a blog post about it. Then I saw this question repeated in a yahoo group today, and so, yup, it’s time to write that blog post! The fact of the [...]
Planting a Vineyard
February 20, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Oh, if you could have been a fly in my house last night, as my husband and I discussed the ramifications of today’s verse. “She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard” (Proverbs 31:16, KJV). It was made more interesting because I received a blog post [...]
Rising While It’s Yet Night
February 13, 2009 by 3 Comments
“She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens” (Proverbs 31:15). I was all set to write about this verse, to talk about how important it is for a godly woman to get up early in the morning and to provide good food for [...]
Weekend Plans
January 19, 2007 by Leave a Comment
Today is bright and sunshiney, yet we’re expecting snow this weekend in Iowa. The kids are thrilled, since that means they’ll get to go sledding. For Mom, that means I need to be sure to get all my errands run tomorrow, before the snow arrives! So today is filled with paying bills, cleaning the house [...]
A Daily Routine for Real Moms
December 13, 2005 by 2 Comments
One of the hardest parts of “school at home” for me is knowing when to start school in the morning. You see, I’m not just a school teacher who shows up at school at 7:30 a.m. with an ample amount of time to prepare my brain, my room, and my supplies. Nor do I get [...]
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