“Stubbornness is a virtue…but only if you’re right.” ~Tony Dungy
My baby turns 15 today! It’s hard to believe that my youngest is a sophomore taking Driver’s Education! When he was a preschooler he used to say the funniest things like calling a flyswatter a “bug got it” (I guess because I would swat a fly...
It may only be halfway through 2011, but Hearts at Home is already planning our 2012 events. Because you hang out on the blog, we want you to be one of the first to know who’ll be at our 2012 conferences. Our Keynote Speakers will be Michelle Duggar and Dr....
Last year I shared a recipe for Homemade Laundry Detergent. We’ve been using the laundry detergent for well over a year now and it costs me about $7.00 for 6 months of detergent. That’s an incredible deal! I’ve been looking for a Homemade...
After a three week sabbatical, I’m back! It was a wonderful three weeks of speaking at the MOPS convention, moving Erica back to Texas, volunteering for a day in Joplin, and getting my boys started in school. It was a good break…but I did miss hanging...
“I realized at the start that whether a child is biological or adopted, one does not know all the ingredients in the package. That is what growth is all about. A child is the slowest flower in the world, opening petal by petal, revealing the developing...
After spending the past year writing our newest book Living With Less So Your Family Has More, I’ve really been thinking about the reality of adult peer pressure. The words “peer pressure” usually refer to the pressure to conform that teenagers experience. But if...
We talk almost every Monday about intentionally making your marriage better. But what if you’re the only one in your marriage interested in making your marriage better? Today’s “Marriage Monday” is about how to keep discouragement at bay when...
“…be agreeable, be sympathetic, be loving, be compassionate, be humble…no sharp-toungued sarcasm. Instead, bless — that’s your job, to bless. You’ll be a blessing and also get a blessing.” ~1 Peter 3:8-9 The...
I’m currently taking a three week break from daily blogging in order to focus on my family, move our daughter to Texas, and get my two teenagers back to school. I’ll start actively blogging again on Aug 22. In the meantime, I’m posting some of my...
