Our Summer: Fernbank Museum of Natural History
Our Summer o’ Fun continues with Fernbank Museum of Natural History! We took one of Lydia’s friends (who goes to our school and church!) with us and had an absolute blast. The best part by far was...
View ArticleChoosing Life For the Next Generation
Sunday, our pastor spoke about King Josiah. You remember him? He was the boy king who was crowned at age 8. Josiah’s father was an evil man who led Israel into idol worship and more. For some reason,...
View ArticleI've got the Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy
When I don’t post, I get kind of nervous. It’s the old, I-hope-the-internet-doesn’t-forget-about-me lie. Yesterday I really wanted to sit down and write, but I just couldn’t. My brain, my heart and my...
View ArticleWhoo’s Wise? {An Introduction to Proverbs}
Happy New Year! Welcome back to the blog! If you subscribed to my blog during the holidays or rather, post-Truth in the Tinsel this may be your first post that’s been delivered to your inbox. And you...
View ArticleA Big MishMash of Proverbs
I posted on Facebook the other day that I’ve been scouring the internet for good kids’ resources related to Proverbs. You’d think it would be easy to find as Proverbs are so visual and full of...
View ArticleBible Detectives
OK. I wasn’t going to write about this again and honestly, I didn’t think we’d do it every day (because summer has hit my get-up-and-go) but we have done it almost every single day and I simply must...
View ArticleLike Oil
I remember a few years ago one of my blogger friends saying she was having a hard time writing on her “mom blog” because her kids were getting older. She felt more and more that she was sharing their...
View ArticleAll You Need Is Love
source: d sharon pruitt I only made one New Year’s Resolution this year. And as of the first day of February? I’ve stuck with it! I think this might be a first for me. That resolution? No, not eat a...
View Article2015 Reading Progress
source: suzanne chapman Last year I read 64 books. The year before that, 66. This doesn’t include the multitude of books I’ve read to the kids. But this year? This year, I’m at a mere 10 books. At this...
View ArticleClean Hands
source: chiots run You know those pretty soaps you can get at farmer’s markets and cute little boutiques? The ones with glitter and swirled colors? They look like they’ve been cut from a giant loaf of...
View ArticleThe *Little* Commission
source: d sharon pruitt Easter Sunday has come and gone but with Spring breezes and beautiful flowers all around, I cannot stop thinking about the huge excitement of the Resurrection. It’s...
View ArticleBible Journaling for Dummies…er, I mean, Newbies
If you’re on Instagram, been to a Christian bookstore lately or hung around any amount of Christian women, you’ve probably seen this whole Bible Journaling, Illustrated Faith, paint-in-your-Bible...
View ArticleMiddle School
I’m in mourning. Why? Because my daughter, my little bitty, sweet Princess girl is in 5th grade. She’s in her last year of elementary school. Next year I’ll have a middle schooler which is just a hop,...
View ArticleWound up, Unwound Prayers
My whole cabin of Middle and High School girls walked through the prayer labyrinth quietly. We were instructed to pray the phrase, “Show me your ways. Teach me your paths.” from Psalm 25. I walked and...
View ArticleThe Key To Love After Twenty Years of Marriage
Key to Love charm from James Avery Artisan Jewelry My twentieth wedding anniversary was last week. TWENTY YEARS of marriage has come and gone in one of those long slow-motion blinks of the eye. It...
View ArticleFeathers & Refuge
I’ve been reading the book of Psalms really faithfully for over a year now. It’s that 5-a-day thing I was telling you about awhile ago. There are many themes throughout the 150 songs in this part of...
View ArticleMary & Elizabeth
My husband and I have lived in five states since we’ve been married. We traveled a lot before we had kids and met so many strong Christian couples who poured into us and modeled what it was to be...
View ArticleMary & Elizabeth
My husband and I have lived in five states since we’ve been married. We traveled a lot before we had kids and met so many strong Christian couples who poured into us and modeled what it was to be...
View ArticleSeasons Come & Go
It happens every year. When it’s time to switch our closets from jeans to shorts, my son resists. OK, more than resists. He laments! He’s constantly pulling up his jeans, yelling for his short sleeved...
View ArticleDaddy’s Story :: Part 1
I originally posted the following on my personal Facebook page on June 30, 2020. I am posting it here 1) for posterity 2) because I don’t trust Facebook and 3) this will be a foundation for other...
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