Motherhood is a marathon. Enjoy the run.
Over the past couple of weeks, as I've anticipated writing on this crucial subject of keeping our children's hearts, I've contemplated and prayed about just where to start. For a while I felt that keeping our children's hearts really started with perspective. After all, we need to see ourselves as the mothers God has appointed us to be, and we need to value our children as the gifts God has … [Read more...]
I have been so excited to start this series on keeping our children's hearts. Like many of you, I spend so much time talking about keeping the home, focusing on food, cleaning, home organization, laundry....on and on. All the while, the point of it all being that we're ultimately creating happy homes for our families. And while those things are so important, many times, I feel we forget … [Read more...]
Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His love endures forever. Psalm 107:1 This past weekend, my husband and I, together with our boys, celebrated 16 years of marriage. We had discussed what to do to celebrate, and seeing how I'm nine months pregnant and all, we knew we wanted to stay close to home and keep it simple this year. Both of us felt like we wanted to include … [Read more...]
Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His love endures forever. Psalm 107:1 I've been so mushy lately about my boys. About watching them. Just stopping and observing them. What they're doing, the way they do it. And I've really been trying to just take a few mental snapshots of them, just as they are. I don't want to forget how they are right now. Just the way they … [Read more...]
Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His love endures forever. Psalm 107:1 We've had a joyous Christmas season around our house, just being together. We've kept it simple, stayed at home, eaten yummy food, and played. My husband and I have been filled with so much joy just watching our boys play. By just seeing the delight on their faces. We feel so blessed. We're … [Read more...]
Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His love endures forever. Psalm 107:1 Sometimes I feel like I'm redundant when it comes to Thankful Thursday posts, because inevitably, I want to talk about the same things: the eight nine men in my life now. They are my world. They challenge me to be a better person. A better wife. Not just for my husband's sake, but for the sake of being … [Read more...]
Two sentences in, I backspace all of it. That's wrong, I think to myself. Then once again, I try to capture the words that only sometimes exist to express how this mother's heart feels about her unique design. As a mother of eight sons, it's been a long journey to get to this blog post where I can honestly share my heart of gratitude. Click here to read entire article where I shared … [Read more...]
According to Google, this is a commonly searched for phrase. And if anyone understands why, I do. Boys fight. They just do. I have had countless discussions with mothers of "mixed gender" families (meaning they have both boys and girls in their family) over the years about this. Many of them have expressed to me that girls fight, too. They say that their girls fight with their brothers … [Read more...]
It's not uncommon to hear people use the expression, "I'm starving!" as dinner time approaches and growling tummies await food that they can smell from the kitchen. I said it my whole life. My husband used to say it. We used to hear our own children say it. But that changed a few years ago when my husband came back from a mission trip to Swaziland. He hadn't been back long when one of … [Read more...]
I've always been a morning person. And I'm even more so as a mother. It seems nights can be one of the most difficult challenges moms face sometimes, with sleep deprivation due to nursing babies, or tending to sick children, or to fearing through the night that at any moment, you may have to take that REALLY sick child to the ER. Then morning comes, and truly, isn't it almost always … [Read more...]
Hi, I'm Brandy, and I'm so glad you're here! I hope you'll kick off your shoes and stay a while!
As a homeschooling mom of eight boys, I find lots to talk about, including the challenges and beauty of this amazing season of motherhood. It is indeed a marathon. Thanks for joining me!
