I like to look cute and stay on top of current fashions without spending much more than $100 or so a year on my wardrobe. In fact, for many years, the only clothes I got each year were from birthday / Christmas cash. I had to learn to choose wisely and I am SO [...]
We are heading into spring and summer and I am looking at my wardrobe facing the same challenge I do every year; finding modest casual wear that isn't frying hot. If you are like me and are concerned about modesty, you might be wondering "Are There Modest Shorts?" This is something I have thought [...]
When you look at Balancing Modesty, Femininity and Function as a Christian female we have some special circumstances in our American culture. We go water skiing, snow boarding, horse back riding, tend a garden, pull shrubs, fix sprinklers, shovel snow, mow yards, go swimming, do triathlons, play volleyball, basketball, soccer, tennis and we can't do them [...]
"Mommy, Why Is Cinderella Showing Her Chest" was what my four year old daughter asked me, with no previous prompting and much to my discomfort. That question was in 2010 when I first wrote this article. The difference in the cartoon pictures was there, but when I saw the pictures of the [...]
In these last days of pregnancy I wanted to write a little bit about how Colton's story came about. I hope it is something he can read as he grows older to see how special his life is to God and us. His story probably started in 2010. I had had Charlotte that year [...]
It is an intimidating thing to go from no children to that first child. Essentially living with no children (from retrospect) is like two freedom loving young adults with very little responsibility and more money than you realize. You only have to think about yourselves and your decisions don't affect many people.But then that [...]
Lily, Lily, Lily. She is the girl with the curl. When she is good; she is very, very good. When she is bad; she is very, very bad.We were pregnant and the thoughts were still very fresh of giving birth to Kiera. I got pregnant when Kiera was a little under a year. I was terrified. I wanted this baby, but I DID NOT want to give birth to another baby.
Charlotte's story is unique in that she was the only child that we tried to "stack the odds" concerning her gender. At this point we really just wanted four kids and it would be ideal to have two girls and two boys. So we read and tried ... and failed. Really, what is failure though? [...]
I hesitate to refer to Silas as the "Golden Child" publically, because it is more of a joke Rick and I pass along. Because how can you not struggle with some form of favoritism when you have hoped for a boy for three babies and have gotten three girls. Finally, we gave up. We just assumed [...]
Well, who would have known when I typed, "Today would not be so great to have a baby. Too much to do and snow on the ground. Still ... I wouldn't complain." that Wednesday, Feb 5, 2014 would be the day? The night before I was praying and asked God to give me a [...]