There are so many things I could write about, as we have been focusing on PEACE this month in our home. I have noticed ways that we can eliminate things to bring PEACE, and other things that need to be changed. We have had several appointments this month, and something that has struck me is how LOUD this world is.
Continue reading “Finding Peace Amidst the Noise”
We have been on a mission to bring our family closer together. This is something we have prayed long and hard about, and GOD is working!
We love a lot of old traditions and customs, along with some of the new ones. We try to have at least one or two ‘family get-togethers’ here at our home. The biggest is probably our annual Polar Express party around Christmas time… this has been happening for a while now, and everyone looks forward to it. Why stop at that? We were trying to have a special Sabbath meal each week, and also trying to plan a monthly family dinner with Papa and Nanny, but those got sidelined a bit.
Why? Well, our priorities shifted, and other things seemed more important. We have to make room and time for the people and things we truly love, so I am on a mission to bring back our family dinners. They may not be quite as fancy as they once were, because I’m still exhausted from all the challenges we had last year, but they will be fun.
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We have been working our way through the ‘PEACE like a River’ Devotional with our homeschool. On day 9, we had this optional activity listed:
Watch ‘The Rare, Tiny Flower’ by Kitty O’Meara on YouTube.
Have you ever been scrolling through social media and compared your life to the pictures you saw?
Have you ever felt like a failure? Have you felt like you weren’t enough?
Have you had a case of the ‘if only’? If only I were richer? If only I had a nicer home? Etc, etc.
Continue reading “Finding PEACE By Losing The Labels”
If you saw the updates to the previous post, then you will know I was having a hard time making a decision about which calendar to use.
Both of them had things I really liked, the vertical one was easier to find a place to put and I really liked the layout.
Continue reading “Which Calendar Did I Choose?”
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