Category: encouragement
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3 {real} reasons to dress modestly
“In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; but (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.” 1 Timothy 2:9-10 KJV I’ve heard it said that the 1 Timothy 2:9 call for women in the church to…
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Why I’m Still a SAHD (Part Two: Other Reasons)
You can read the introduction and part one of this series here and here! Now that we’ve covered what a SAHD is and why I personally love being home, I wanted to dive into the common reasons given for daughters staying home and discuss whether or not they are actually valid. If I’m not staying…
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on being called anorexic
I doubt I’ll ever forget it. I was at a science museum, I was about fifteen and I probably weighed ninety pounds. I was a healthy, happy teenager having a fun day out with my family the first time I heard it. Someone whispering (loudly) from a group of students to my right. “Oh my…
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daily frights
Someone once said, “do something every day that scares you.” The first time I heard this, I thought it was an awful idea. I imagined myself putting my hand over a wasp nest or jumping in front of a bus on a daily basis. This not only seemed unwise, but I could not see the…
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a week since molly
(sigh) A week ago today, our beloved poodle breathed her last. It was not. a. good. day. She was fifteen, we had had her since I was seven. It was an agonizing little funeral. I still cannot really write about it, but I will say that our family and friends have been so sweet and…
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on earth as it is in heaven
This is the final post in the Gather Up the Fragments series on ending waste. I doubt there is such a thing as recycling or “upcycling” in the kingdom of heaven, but I am sure there is no waste. As a final part of this series, now that Christmas has come and gone and epiphany…
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Advice to Young Bloggers
Why should I give advice to young bloggers? Heaven knows I’m not a techy person. I’ve grown up in the computer age, but my experience with electronics has been a lot of trial and error, learning from mistakes (or just continuing to make them) and doing things the long, hard way. In other words, this…
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this is the day
I’ve often heard it said that we should live like we’re dying. Really? Like we’re dying? That sounds kind of panicked if not macabre. What about living like there’s something worth living for, whether you have a thousands of days left on this earth or just one? I’m in a pseudo college student season. Most…
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the art of silliness
“Do a loony-goony dance ‘Cross the kitchen floor, Put something silly in the world That ain’t been there before.” -Shel Silverstein I have recently come to the conclusion that people who don’t embrace silliness forfeit a huge percentage of the joy life has to offer. Silliness is essential to happy days upon happy days. The…
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a warning for hipsters (and myself)
Peaceful and passive. Two words I hear thrown around a lot these days. I try to think of the difference by imagining two different dads. Passive: the dad who doesn’t come come to the school play, or stick up for you when you’re being bullied, or give up drinking when the courts want to take…
Caroline Rose Sanders 