Alice Elizabeth Spencer decided to make a dramatic entrance into the world March 22, 2013. After winning first prize for longest gestated Spencer baby at 40 weeks 5 days, she started her decent into visibility waking me up at 1 am with my first felt contraction. By 1:30 we were flying out of the neighborhood… Continue reading Alice Elizabeth Spencer in 1 Hour Flat
Category: Comforts and Calls
Serpents and Doves
You know the frustration when you have a thought rolling around in your head that you lack the wisdom to articulate? It’s like an itch you can’t reach. One of my children has been working on discernment when speaking. The funny thing is she is often right, but her timing, her tone, and her priorities… Continue reading Serpents and Doves
Daughters of Eve
“If there were 5-10 things you’d tell young(ish) Christian women who aren’t married yet but want to be, what advice would you give them?” Leave it to one of my oldest friends to bring me a challenge like this one. I don’t have credible experience with singleness. I was married at 20. I cannot speak… Continue reading Daughters of Eve
Breached Dam
Some days this image of a broken dam runs through my head. Chris and I will work hard to build a good sturdy wall of routine, discipline, and comfort for our kids. But when that wall is holding strong, I tend to neglect the maintenance, forgetting what power lies dormant if that wall bursts. Until… Continue reading Breached Dam
In the Days of Queen Mom
When you think of people who may struggle with a “god-complex” generally star athletes, Hollywood elites, dictators, or Fortune 500 CEO’s come to mind. Stay-at-home moms, housewives, domestic engineers (yep I’ve actually been called that) are often met with a more patronizing public opinion. “Oh, that is real work. Don’t let anyone tell you it’s… Continue reading In the Days of Queen Mom
Set Down My Name, Sir
One of our family’s favorite books is “Dangerous Journey,” the story of Pilgrim’s Progress for kids. The first time through, I made it all they way to the Dark River (chp 8 of 9) without crying. I’ve slowly been working my way toward the front of the book. This last time I didn’t even make… Continue reading Set Down My Name, Sir
When Opportunity Knocks
I was recently asked a question along these lines: What do you do with your family/kids to teach Christ and who He is and who He is for them? Parts of my Response: In general, our family worship time looks like singing a hymn, reading or telling a bible story, and then praying together. But… Continue reading When Opportunity Knocks
God is Not Mocked
Our women’s doctrine study is working through the book, “Easy Chairs, Hard Words: Conversations on the Liberties of God.” It’s a unique treatise of the doctrines of grace in that it is set in a fictional setting as a conversation between a young man with questions and an older pastor. Instead of working through the… Continue reading God is Not Mocked
A Blog About My Blog
I’m on an organizing push around my house. Call it nesting if you like, but I’ve always liked things to have homes. Are there really people out there who don’t? I know not all of us are always organized or sometimes we are too overwhelmed to get there; but really who doesn’t like the finished… Continue reading A Blog About My Blog
How I Do It
I was humbled to be asked by someone I respect very much how I do my life homeschooling 6 kids. If you’ve wondered, here was my response… Hi …, Thanks for the encouraging words. It’s very humbling to be asked how I do it. My first response was going to be something like: I don’t… Continue reading How I Do It
Talking Wall 