painting by Renoir(?)Dear Readers,I hope this New Year's Day finds you well.  I love fresh starts--new weeks, new years, new planners...I don't know what it is about them, but a fresh start always seems motivating.Last night our family stayed up and did some puzzles together after Bible study.  (We also ate homemade cookies, of course, which is a family tradition of ours over the ..read more

  One day, it will all be gone.   Those sleepless nights you thought you'd never get through.  The waking babies who constantly need you. The sick little one with an earache or tummy trouble in the night. Days where your toddler wants you to read the same book twenty-one times in a row...Gone. Those days when you think you will always be pregnant and you think you can't get through another ..read more

Dearest Mothers,Oh, do you love or loathe this day?  Does it remind of you of your failures, or of your blessings?  Though I have many failings and of course have not always done things "right" or perfectly, my children always bless me on Mother's Day, and my husband.  I just can't believe how blessed I am, and can only thank God that He took me from being a person who never wanted children to a ..read more

 Reading the holy Scriptures is like a treasure. With a treasure, you see, anyone able to find a tiny nugget gains for himself great wealth; likewise in the case of Sacred Scripture, you can get from a small phrase a great wealth of thought and immense riches. The Word of God is not only like a treasure, but is also like a spring gushing with everflowing waters in a mighty flood. St. John ..read more

My Dear Readers and Subscribers, It has come to my attention that there is a problem with my feed, for those of you subscribed via follow.itIt seems several links have been put up that are coming through my feed.  The titles are in Spanish and go to some website--please don't click on them!  I have no idea how this has happened and what is going on.  I have contacted my email subscription ..read more

 Time and time again I've had Christian homemakers, Biblical keepers-at-home, write in to me and say how lonely it is at church because the church is full of feminists.  It feels so lonely there because in a time for having fellowship, the other women are all talking about their work week.  Instead of talking about their week spent at home preparing lovely meals for their husbands, teaching ..read more

 Many of you are probably busy with your families today, but I just wanted to with you all a very blessed Christmas!  What a wonderful occasion to remember the Lord Jesus come down to be with us.  May your Christmas be very joyous ❤️“This is what we are celebrating today: the Coming of God to man, that we might go forth, or rather that we might go back to God, that putting off the old man we ..read more

Just a quick post today to remind you that it's the last day that you can purchase the Home Management bundle.  I know I sometimes forget things like this, so I just wanted to send you a quick reminder.Also, you don't have to use everything in the bundle if you purchase it!  I know there are so many products, and it can seem overwhelming to think you have to use it all, but you don't.  Even if ..read more

"A woman once fretted over the usefulness of her life. She feared she was wasting her potential being a devoted wife and mother. She wondered if the time and energy she invested in her husband and children would make a difference. At times she got discouraged because so much of what she did seemed to go unnoticed and unappreciated. “Is it worth it?” she often wondered. “Is there something better ..read more

                    Hello Dear Ones,I have received some messages asking where I've been and if everything is alright.  Yes, everything is alright, but life has just been busy.  As I get older and now have grown daughters helping out with many things, I often wonder how I managed so many years without them helping in such ways.  But with the Lord's help I did.I have also been told many times by ..read more