Where Is God In Depression?
This week my oldest child turns eleven, and our whole family is thinking back to when she was just a little baby. I have tried writing about the experience of becoming a mom countless times in the past, but I…
Do You Trust God With Your Children?
Today’s post was supposed to be a completely different topic. It was going to examine the criticisms of a biblically conservative lifestyle choice. We’ll get to it sometime in the future because today I felt I needed to write about…
Divorce: Looking Through A Biblical Lens
Divorce isn’t really a hot topic in 2021. In fact, it hasn’t been for years. Divorce is ho-hum. It’s everyday stuff. Par for the course. Expected. Even among Bible-believing Christians, divorce is just a regular part of life. They have…
10 Things I Have Learned About Being A Homemaker
Recently, I realized that I haven’t collected a paycheck in nearly eleven years. I gave away all of it for another job. That’s nearly half a million dollars at my rate of pay back then (before taxes). What in the…
Christian Budgeting: There Really Is A Biblical Way
Adding the word Christian in front of things to make them spiritual is one of my pet peeves. “Christian lawn maintenance.” “Christian hair care.” “Christian exercise.” Yet, here I am seemingly doing the same thing. I want to talk about…
Homemaking Doesn’t Take A Summer Break
My kids and I pushed through the end-of-year homeschool apathy, and we are ready to enter our summer break. (I’m not the only one who just doesn’t feel like school anymore in May, right?) Typically, I struggle with motivation in…
Mother’s Day When You Have A Bad Mom
Mother’s Day is upon us once again. For many, maybe most, people it seems like a day to lavish mothers with flowers, candy, scented candles, obligatory church attendance, and well-meaning attempts at breakfast in bed. At church we give testimonies…
I Am Not “Just” A Housewife
Every so often an article or tweet will say out loud what I have been fearing in the depths of my being. I’m “just” a housewife. I can see the expression I often get when I answer that dreaded question.…
A Birthday Letter To My Mom: After She’s Gone
*I wrote this letter two years ago to share on my personal Facebook page. My posts often go unnoticed, but this one seemed to resonate with a lot of people. Especially women. As I write this, it’s Christmas Eve, the…
We Took Our Kids On Our Anniversary Trip…And It Was Great!
My husband and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary last year. I saw it as a milestone, though, it seems a little silly to me to look at 10 years in a marriage as remarkable. But, alas, the culture certainly…
