Our eight kids along with our two son-in-laws Our oldest daughter, Brittney and her husband, Jacob lost their baby (our first grandchild)...

Let me start out by saying that I love my husband.  I love that I get to be home with my children.  I feel privileged to home school them...

After finishing the series on Isaac, there were some things that are heavy on my heart to share with you. These things are not new...

WAIT by Russell Kelfer Desperately, helplessly, longingly, I cried. Quietly, patiently, lovingly, He replied. I pleaded, and I wept for a...

I realized that I have been avoiding writing this last entry about the Gift of Isaac.  It just felt too final.   Maybe if I didn’t finish...

Have you ever wondered what it really means to suffer for Christ?  The thoughts that always come to my mind are missionaries in foreign...

I wanted to let all my readers know that I have been away from the computer and to let you know why I haven’t been able to write...

I am merely days, possibly hours away from being a new grandma for the first time.  One minute I was raising eight children, not really...

I got up early this morning and snuck out to the living room.  I lit our fall candles and started a pot of coffee.   Beautiful, isn’t it?...

Yesterday was the first day of once a week enrichment classes for our kids.  We have been in this homeschool program for 10 years.  As I...

Today is a very special day for our family.  Nine years ago we gave birth to a son who had a major heart defect that was not detected...