This weekend, we had the opportunity to take our children (the teens) to a youth conference in Fredericton.  There were approximately 100 teenagers gathered together to grow their relationships with God and with each other. These young people billeted out into homes not necessarily knowing the families or other youth staying with them.  There were…

Awwwwwww; I don’t want to; I don’t feel like it; Why???????????????; Not now; Grumble, grumble, grumble; You can’t make me; She’s looking at me; Poke, poke, poke, poke, poke…. If you have heard any of these things in your home, then someone’s been sportin’ a ‘tude!  This is how my children refer to the bad…

Recently, I was recalling some memories of our homeschooling journey.  As I moved through them, one of the children sort of laughed and commented that he did not remember doing THAT. This particular memory is one of my homeschool favourites and he didn’t remember.  I began to wonder if the children really understood what an…

Psalm 20:4May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed. This sounds great but you know there’s got to be a but right?  How about… Psalm 33:11But the plans of the LORD stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations. That’s what happened to me yesterday. …

Matthew 14:6-12 On Herod’s birthday the daughter of Herodias danced for them and pleased Herod so much that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked. Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.” The king was distressed, but because of his…

Our boys really like to wrestle.  Not professional wrestling, but the kind of grappling and back and forth that appears to be a right of passage for so many boys. It doesn’t seem to matter how big the opponent or how little the boy, the contest thrives on the challenge of the insurmountable odds.  The…

Thirty-six hours and the sum of my travels spanned the bed to the bathroom.  When the children were sick last week it only took six hours to move through their systems… ugh.  You would think that after all of that time in bed – most of it sleeping – that I would feel rested and…

Two days… I’ve made it two days.  Because of my clumsiness and tendency to fall down, my husband doesn’t like for me to walk outside when the weather is foul or the ground is slippery.  We’ve had two beautiful days in a row and both days I’ve gone for nice long walks.  Day one 4.8…

Day in and day out there are tasks to be accomplished.  There are little (and big) jobs required to run a household, train children, love my family, work with homeshcoolers and interact with friends and neighbours. I try to get the things done that I believe I am responsible for.  Most of the time, I…