Category: God’s Creation
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In a Healthy Place
The past several weeks have been pretty crazy between packing and preparing to move, prepping school things, moving, then unpacking, but we are finally settling into our new home, and we couldn’t be more pleased and at peace with how things are going. It’s honestly hard to put into words. I will try, but my words…
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10 Questions for Reflection & Discernment
Emily P. Freeman is one of my favorite podcasters and authors. Every year, she puts out “10 Questions for Reflection & Discernment,” and I love to answer these questions each year as a reflection of my previous year and the beginning of a new year. This is from the pdf with those questions: What worked? So…
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True Simple Living and Priorities
Ever since my kids were small, I have watched people talk about “simple living.” I guess the idea is that you back away from the craziness of public school schedules, both parents working full time, tons of sports, etc, and live a slower life at home. But then this then tends to turn into homesteading, making…
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Hygge Life: What Does it Mean for Me?
As much as I have a hard time in the winter historically, the winters that have been my best have been when I embraced the Hygge Life. What does that mean? It is a Danish word that means (from the Miriam-Webster Dictionary): Noun: “a cozy quality that makes a person feel content and comfortable.” Adjective:…
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Trusting in Jesus and Having Gratitude
These past several months have been hard, but also I have learned and grown so much. I often struggle with emotional regulation, every emotion feels BIG, and I am always processing and wanting to learn something through the hard stuff. I guess that’s not bad- it’s just exhausting! I learned the other day that I…
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Aha Moments + Figuring Out Who I Am
I feel like I’m learning something new everyday… either about myself, about others around me, or about life in general. I guess that’s semi-normal, BUT I am a super reflective person so it’s just a constant thing for me. It can be a blessing and a curse. I am ALWAYS processing things in my brain,…
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Healing Through Being Wild and Free
My family and two other families at camp went to the Gila National Forest to camp for 5 days (well I guess technically 3 because a day of driving on both ends). The purpose of this trip was to do some research and development for a trip that Robert is going to do this summer…
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Practical Coping Tips for Anxiety
All right, y’all. I feel like I was equipped for this time by going through all that I have, and learning how to manage life in spite of the trials. To start, I want to give a bit of context of the things that I have dealt with and gone through over the years. It…
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The Crosland Homestead
So. Much. Is going on right now. We are in the middle of a world-wide pandemic. The first in 102 years. It affects hundreds of countries. Lots of people are contracting the Coronavirus which is leading to the Covid-19 disease. Businesses are closing. People are out of jobs. Restaurants are doing pick up or delivery…
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What Does Wild + Free Homeschooling Look Like For Us?
The Wild + Free website says: It says nothing about methods, educational philosophies, or a certain way to homeschool. It just shares about giving our children a quality education (whatever that means for our own family) and to let our kids be kids (in whatever way works for our family). I was so thrilled to…
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