With Great Joy

I wonder how many times I have looked up verses in the Bible about the tongue and copied them down in the pages of my journal and prayed tho...

I know fall isn't *officially* here- and the weather around these parts is decidedly more summer (except for the nights and early mornin...

You know all those household jobs that don't need to be done on a daily or even weekly basis but it would be nice if they got done once ...

Everyone seems to be heading back to school this week. Not us, though. We're drying fruit.  ( That's school, right?  The girls a...

Excerpts from Andi Ashworth's book Real Love for Real Life: The Art and Work of Caring , ( italics my own ):      We also normalize ...

It's quite possible I'm done canning for the season.   Now we just have to make room somewhere for all of those jars!  I'm going...

I finally finished our little chore system* on the side of the fridge, so here are some more photos. The three older kids (11, 9 and 8) ha...