(*Contains Aff. Link) I wanted to take a minute to thank you for being here.  I know there are a million other things you could be doing...

With the teen years right around the corner, it’s wise to begin looking for ways to love your tween well, hopefully giving him or her a...

(The video version of this post is at the bottom, if you would rather listen than read!) “To the outside world, we all grow old. But not...

I’ve been thinking about this for quite some time and thought it was about time to share my thoughts and experience in raising kids who...

Sharing my devotional over at rachaelcarman.com! “His Word is FULL of scriptures that tell us who we are in Him. I encourage you to write...

Sunday evening.  What does that mean to you?  Does it invoke feelings of hope or dread? Maybe, like me, you’ve experienced both. It’s the...

We are on the cusp of moving across the country.  We’ve got one foot in Washington state and one in North Carolina and it’s starting to...

My husband and 2 of our boys just left a few days ago on a cross country road trip.  2,471.8 miles.  That alone is enough to make a woman...

Twenty eight years ago, my husband asked me to marry him.  We’d known each other 3 mos, but there was no doubt in either of our minds...

We sold our dream home almost two years ago now (When God Turns Your World Upside Down).  It was not something I ever saw coming, but in...

We all have an idea in our heads of what it looks like to “educate” our kids.  Unfortunately it often involves copying the traditional...

Did you know that God has special, unique graces for YOU each and every day?  Ones that are made to fit the challenges you face and the...

We have been homeschooling over 20 years now.  I wouldn’t change a thing.  It’s still something that brings me to my knees.  It still...

He wanted to play football in the worst way.  None of his older 5 siblings ever wanted to play a team sport, so this was a new direction...

In this interview, our 21 year old son, Jake shares his perspective on his homeschooling journey. It’s so much fun to hear homeschooled...

I recently published a simple, mercifully short book on homeschooling written as an encouragement for those who are homeschooling and...

Last Tuesday our 11 year old fired me as his math teacher.  If I were new to homeschooling, that might just make me want to quit…but I’m...

This little book has resonated with so many homeschooling moms!  It’s a simple, mercifully short book on homeschooling(about an hour long...

Having kids and family is often on our hearts and minds as moms, but what might it look like from our husband’s viewpoint?  On these last...

Every day my husband goes down to a storage room filled with, well…stuff we are storing. That and weight equipment. He sits at a table...