Days upon days may go by in a burdened life and things get left to the side, because more important things are at the forefront. One of the things that can be left to sit is yard work. Usually not much harm is done by letting grass grow longer or letting weeds grow. But, if… Continue reading Help a Burdened Family with Yard Work
One of the everyday needs, but most important is childcare. When mom and/or dad are unable to spend the time they need to with their children, they want to make sure that they are well cared for, while they are away. Our daughters were at the age where they would have been fine to leave… Continue reading Bless a Burdened Family with Childcare
There are so many things that we take for granted, in an average day, when life is running fairly smoothly. When some kind of burden hits a family those everyday needs will sometimes need to be overlooked or become another major stress to the family. You can be a big blessing to them by looking… Continue reading Taking Care of Everyday Needs to Bless a Burdened Family
Bringing someone a meal is one of the biggest blessings you can give, when you don’t know how to help. Of course, bringing a meal is plenty. Adding some other non main dish food items can be another big help, to keep them well equipped and nourished during a stressful time. There are just a few things… Continue reading Bonus Tips for Bringing Food to Bless
In January of this year, my son was diagnosed with cancer. It turned our world upside down and all of a sudden we were living day to day. Because of the aggressiveness of the cancer, we had to get treatments started right away. Every week from January 1 through the end of July, we had… Continue reading Introduction to Blessing a Burdened Family
Now that we had a home and knew we were accepted to seminary, things seemed more real. We now knew where we would be for the next 4 years of our lives, which was a totally new concept for us. If you know us at all, you know we have been moving almost every year and… Continue reading Quitting Homeschooling
Thanks for sticking with me this far. If you haven’t read my previous posts, you can catch up by seeing how we were Ready to Go, Staying, and Moving. Only God. That can really explain anything, right? He is why I breathe. He is why my brain can tell my fingers to move a certain… Continue reading Only God
We were ready to go, but he said to stay, and now we’re moving? Yep. When we decided to go with our local seminary, it wasn’t actually all up to us. It is a small seminary and they only take 18 new students per year, (another perk we liked). So, we had to apply and… Continue reading Moving
I am a terrible daughter. Yesterday was Mother’s Day, as I’m sure you all know, and I didn’t call my mom. (hanging my head in shame) *shielding myself from tomatoes* There is a card in the mail, but I didn’t buy it until the day before and since she doesn’t live in the same town,… Continue reading A Mother’s Day Card
It’s been over a month since I last posted. I needed to pause this blog to find this order that God has for my life, that I had disorganized. This time off has been a great respite of just living life, with some extra family time and time to get know God better. God reminded… Continue reading I’m back
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