Tag: family
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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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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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Updated Frugal Meals List + All the Homemade Things

These are meals that we make regularly OR meals that I have found online that are inexpensive to make (and healthy-ish)! Some of the recipes are mine (from my current or old blog). Breakfasts Lunches Dinners Sides Snacks Homemade Breads Other Homemade Foods/Drinks/Natural Products Enjoy! I’ll be updating this list as I find new, awesome…
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Remembering My “Why”

Ethan took this pic of Robert and I Friday night. It had been a great evening with our summer staff, and I was feeling so great mentally and emotionally. Yesterday was a whole other experience. I felt defeated from the moment that I woke up. My anxiety was super high all day, and I felt…
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Brave Writer Lifestyle Cabinet

What is the “Brave Writer Lifestyle?” Simply put, it’s a very rich way to educate. A lot of it is Charlotte Mason inspired with a twist. Below is the list straight from the Brave Writer website: Poetry Teatime Reading Aloud Big Juicy Conversations Freewriting Literary Elements Nature Journaling Writing Projects Art Appreciation Movies and Television…
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Remembering the Good About Joey (My Big Brother)

My friends lost their mother a few months ago. Since then, they have been so vulnerable in sharing about their feelings as they grieve and about how amazing she was. Reading all that they have written has solidified a few things for me: I need to try to spend more time with my mom and…
