Living Your Purpose

If you ask my children every one of them will say that they are my favorite. Don’t ask me why they even brought this up, but one day they asked me in front of each other. So, Mom, we each believe we are your favorite child and we all have our reasons for believing this,…

I once read a book that stated that the average person complains about 80 times per day. That was hard for me to believe, so I decided the next morning I would start tracking my grumblings.  About half an hour into my experiment, I already had 4 complaints. They were silly and senseless little mutterings…

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.   Proverbs 13:12 Have you ever wondered why everyone can’t be consistently happy? It sounds like how one might describe Heaven, but maybe the answer can be found in the word contentment.  Looking into some of the main reasons why some people are…

Once there was a time that our family romanticized the idea of homesteading. After all, wouldn’t it be great to live debt-free off of your own land while having the time to pursue the things that are most important to you? Well, this post is the start of me sharing small glimpses of what our…

I try to be a good person and practice the golden rule, “Do unto others as you would want them to do unto you”, but sometimes the ways of the world make it difficult to act on behalf of honesty. Recently I went through a Wendy’s drive-thru. No lie, I was at the first window…

I have to say, God has a way of getting your attention. A few years ago my husband and I found ourselves living in the fast lane. You know, that time in your life when you put your all into your jobs and children while squeezing in your own personal interests. You become superhuman as…