Inside: When we have too much on our plate, it's easy to let little things start slipping. These 7 Habits of an Effective Homemaker will help us move towards transforming the space between our four walls into a place of rest from this world. One day I was walking around our house, dazed and frustrated as I went from room to room--I wondered how did we get here? How in the world did I become the complete opposite of my mother? I could hear her voice and the echoes of her words in … [Read more...]
21 Days of Discovering the Heartbeat of Our Home
Not everything involved in cultivating a home is obvious that's what I realized early on in our marriage and I still struggle with it now. I longed for a manual as I racked my brain trying to remember the wonderful things my mother did. She was a dedicated mom and wife so I tried to think through the things that made us strong. Early on I realized that our home is intended to be so much more than the stuff that adorns it. But I always get excited about--decorating! Oddly enough 13 years later … [Read more...]