I have read and heard mixed reviews of the book, Almost Amish by Nancy Sleeth. But, I was eager to read this book, nonetheless, because I think simplicity and contentment go hand in hand. Contentment is my word and focus for 2013. As soon as I finished Almost Amish, I picked up The Dirty Life, which one of my friends said…
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Studying Proverbs with my Kids
Studying Proverbs with your children doesn’t have to be complicated. In fact, I think sometimes we learn more when we just keep it simple! Don’t you agree? The basis of our study was READING from Proverbs, DISCUSSING the verses we read each day, MEMORIZING key scriptures and WRITING the verses for our school work. Simple, yet meaningful. The book of…
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Project Life 2013: my title page!!
My kit came today and I couldn’t wait to get started and show you my title page!! 🙂 The cards that were designated for the title page didn’t have any pink – and I wanted to bring in some of that shade right away, so I added some washi tape and one of the pink journaling cards behind our family…
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Trophy Child {book review}
I just finished reading a book this week that is so very relevant for parents in today’s culture. It is calledTrophy Child: Saving Parents from Performance, Preparing Children for Something Greater Than Themselves. {I know, quite the title…but the part that has stuck with me is TROPHY CHILD.} The author of this book, Ted Cunningham, is the senior pastor at…
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Sunday evening thankfulness & contentment
My heart has been so, so full of thoughts on simplicity, contentment and gratitude. I finished the book, Almost Amish, and am almost finished now with The Dirty Life. I have a post coming later this week discussing both. 🙂 But these books, as well as my word of the year have stirred up these topics in my heart and mind….
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