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For 38 years, I have been a wife to my husband and a teacher of our children in the home. Now a new season has come, and with the blessing of my husband, I write this blog as an encouragement to myself and others. (Titus 2: 3-5) How important is this role of speaking into the lives of younger women! The habits of the home in one generation become the morals of society in the next. As William Ross Wallace said: “The hand that rocks the cradle, rules the world.”
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Do You Have A Homemaker in Training?
(source) What sweet memories I have of my mother training me to peeling potatoes. I know teaching me brought her pleasure. Each day she would pull out the potato peeler from the kitchen drawer, and she would show me how … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Parenting, Raising Daughters, Spiritual Growth
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Character-Building Book Resources For Raising Girls
Many of you have asked for a list of books with which you can guide the heart of a child toward purity. We want them to grow to be highly capable of living in the world, but not be a part … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Books, Children, Home-schooling, Modesty, Parenting, Raising Daughters, The Christian Walk
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Why Have We Stopped Protecting Our Daughters?
(source) My heart is breaking for our younger generation of girls. I am also a bit concerned about possible negative reactions from my readers, however I feel the need to speak truth. What’s the point of a blog if one cannot … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Modesty, Parenting, Raising Daughters, The Christian Walk
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Thoughts On Time and Being A Mother
Dear Father, today the ‘little years’ flood my mind with sweet remembrances and a deep feelings of loss at their passing; I lift those feelings up as a sacrifice of praise to You, Lord! Amen! There were stories my mom … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Children, Family, Home-schooling, Parenting, The Christian Walk
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(Some Of) The Best Gifts To Give Your Family All Year Long ~Part 2
(The Family Meal~you can hardly see Father in this old painting, but he is there behind the door) Is your family being fragmented? If you searching for ways to strengthen hearts and minds within the four walls of your home, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Family, Home-schooling, Parenting, The Christian Walk
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(Some Of) The Best Gifts To Give Your Family All Year Long~Pt. 1
(The Family Meal~you can hardly see Father in this old painting, but he is there behind the door) Is your family being fragmented? If you searching for ways to strengthen hearts and minds within the four walls of your home, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Family, Home-schooling, Mealtime, Parenting, The Christian Walk
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Habits In the Home
My heart has been overflowing with thoughts in this direction of late ~ painful thoughts of how so many families seem on the brink of despair, but there is a solution! “The mother who takes pains to endow her children … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Family, Home-schooling, Parenting
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Cats In the Cradle ~ Parenting
Does anyone remember the poignant song ‘Cats in the Cradle‘ by Harry Chapin? Have you heard it? We played this thought-provoking 1974 folk rock song on Grooveshark for our children at lunch the other day. The stark reality of the … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Music, Parenting, Raising Masculine Boys, Raising Sons, The Christian Walk
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Is Your TV Killing You?
I remember years ago getting up from watching the television thinking that those are sixty minutes that I would never get back, but it is REALLY MUCH WORSE than I thought. You may be outraged at the information that has … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Family, Health, Parenting, Raising Daughters, Raising Sons, The Christian Walk
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Parental Rights and the UN Treaty that Threatens Families
I am not a legal expert. I’m just a mom. I’m a mom who praises the Lord that we still live in a country in which my husband and I can make choices in our child’s best-interest, based on the … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Family, Guest Post, Home-schooling, Parenting
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