Yesterday I was driving Dw’s little car with Birdie and Ruby in the back seat.  We had swapped cars and carseats  downtown as I headed toward home with our two littlest daughters.  Dw had stayed with our other six kids to bring home in the big van when they were done. The trip to our…

Some time ago I mentioned that I often ask the Lord for a word or a verse to meditate on for the upcoming year.  November/December 2018 I had felt impressed I should meditate on the word “peace” for 2019.   In fact when I felt Him whisper “peace” my instant thought was, “No, it’s okay Lord….

It’s that time of year again…and while many are snapping pictures sending their kids off on a school bus or dropping them at school there are some of us who are standing by the kitchen table and saying to the kids gathered around it, “It’s that time again.” If you are a homeschooling mama like…

Warning: This post is written from my heart but it may offend some.  That is definitely not my intent, but be warned.  So if you are easily offended or feeling a tad grumpity, you might rather just go make a cup of coffee and relax.  No matter what, I still love you but I am…

One my favorite quotes, which I have spoken too many times to count, was written by Lucy M. Montgomery and is in the Anne of Green Gables movie, “When I think something nice is going to happen I seem to fly right up on the wings of anticipation; and then the first thing I realize I…

As Dw and I were praying over the winter about our trip across the country to the old home place we felt that the Lord would have us change things up a bit this summer….and we contacted those who have invested in The Gem to see if they would be willing to host a “Gem…