This post is written in collaboration with my friend Karen Arends, who spends about as much time on Facebook as I do. This post contains affiliate links. There’s a lot of great ideas circulating the internet as far as fun and educational activities to do with your kids while you guys are stuck athome together. […]
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Enough is Enough: Common Plumbing Problems and How to Fix Them
This is a collaborate post with marketingjournal.ca. It inevitably happens on a long weekend, or holiday. You’re ready to relax and enjoy your free time, and then the unexpected occurs and you’ve got plumbing problems. While it may not be ideal to spend your weekend repairing leaky drains, and clogged pipes, it is important to […]
3 reasons why you can’t get to heaven by being good
I was recently diagnosed with cancer. At this point, I’m evaluating the impact I’ve had during my life and thinking about the things that have been burning inside me that I haven’t shared yet. I’ve actually posted on this topic already (Why you’ll never be good enough), but this particular heresy has always grated on […]
5 tips for parenting with cancer
In April of 2018 I was diagnosed with breast cancer. It was quite a shock. I’ve been healthy my entire life. The doctor said with my diagnosis I was expected to live two more years. I’ve been doing well with treatment. The cancer is responding and my counts are great. However, I have three small […]
When God’s heart of compassion moves you to pray for revival
Confession: this is a straight copy-and-paste from my Facebook post. Cancer has kept me from blogging but apparently I can’t stay off Facebook. I’ve had thirty-plus years of walking with Jesus to solidify my theology. But once cancer came it shook things up. None of my beliefs have changed, I just need to understand. I […]
5 Retirement Planning Tips for the Self-Employed
Photo credit Pixabay Today’s post is written by guest writer Claire Adams. Whether you’ve been running your own business for a while or have just become self-employed, you need to face numerous challenges on this entrepreneurial journey. Ensuring a stable financial future is one of the biggest concerns for the self-employed, especially for work-at-home moms […]
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Gluten free casein free waffles that actually taste good
We’re trying the GFCF (gluten free casein free) diet for my son who has autism, so the entire kitchen and eating experience has been transformed for my family. They love these frozen waffles we buy at the store, but they’re $3.50 for 6 which is crazy expensive. Fortunately for me, my sister Laura Morales has […]
7 tips for finding the perfect house
I am lucky in that for most of my marriage I haven’t had to pay a rent or mortgage. But the time has come, and the time is now, for us to buy a home. It’s exciting, and exhausting and discouraging! Tomorrow we are closing on our first home. The first house we made an […]
Teaching kids the habit of happiness
I find myself getting irritated at my daughter for being so whiny over things I find to be insignificant. She gets a lot of time-outs for whining. But if I’m honest with myself, she learned it from somewhere. Part of it is good, old-fashioned sinful nature, but a lot of it is from me. We […]
Book Review and Giveaway: Things I Wish I’d Known Before We Became Parents
As you may or may not know, I’m a mom with three kids, ages five, four, and two, so when I was approached to do a review of this book on parenting by Dr. Gary Chapman, author of The Five Love Languages, I jumped at the chance. As I am not a totally new mom, […]