It’s not always clean, because this is real life,these are real children, and this is real learning.
Because I am a real mom.
But…when all the eraser dust settles, the masterpiece will be seen…

The longer I stood there, the deeper I saw.
There, before me was so much more than a table.
There before me stood my life…

I urge our generation to step back, to find the value in sitting at the feet of those that have gone before us, to step away from the online communities and back into real relationships, Bible studies, mentorships, and doing life together.

“You are not making the cut.” “You are not enough; you can’t do this.” So often these are the things we whisper to ourselves. Not only are we moms, wives and keepers of our home, but we are also the primary educators of our children. At times it can feel overwhelming. We feel as if…

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Reading to your children and spending time outside are two of the best things we can do for our kids to set them up for success-physically, academically, mentally, socially, and spiritually.
Check out our compilation of of books for you to either read to your kids, or send them out, under a tree, to read independently.

Do your kids have to stand by your side looking up at you, hoping to pull your eyes from the device, wondering why it seems more important than they are?
Do you carry on half-focused conversations with your children while your eyes, rather than looking into theirs, are looking into a screen?

As my great aunt was aging, her daughter and niece, my mom, were organizing her home and packing her possessions in order to move her into a retired living home.After days of packing old photos, precious keepsakes, and years of memories they came across a tiny little box wrapped tightly and sealed with the words “pieces of good things” inscribed on the top…

What I thought, when I heard this, was that my kids would never fight, that we would not experience conflict in our family, and that there would be a beautiful unity between our children in our home, always.
Oh how wrong I was…

In the last two decades, childhood has moved indoors. The average American child spends as few as 30 minutes of unstructured outdoor play each day. Studies show that teens spend more than seven hours each day in front of a screen and now, with online learning becoming more common, our younger children are clocking in at about the same.
It’s hurting our kids. This is not how they were designed to thrive.

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We promise ourselves that this will be the year: the year to get it all done, the year our children won’t complain and the year we can try the new curriculum that everyone is talking about.
This will be the year we can implement all the ideas, suggestions and plans we have been dreaming about since the beginning.
And we forget…

Mom pressure is real.
The weight we carry is not a light load.
The demands on us are not child’s play.
The outcome of what we do happens to effect the life of another human.
No pressure, but mediocrity is not an option.
Lives are hanging in the balance…