Where new homemakers come to grow
I found myself once again standing in what used to be my hallway, but was now my own private pool. Hands on my hips I sighed and while annoyed, felt at peace. I headed out to my porch and grabbed my shop vac and within ten minutes had the once-pool cleaned up. As you can probably guess, this isn't the first time it's happened and luckily I was prepared. While cleaning up the mess it made me think back to young and naive me when I first moved ... read more
Last week I wrote a post on Why Homemakers Should be Handywomen. It was one of those posts that instead of writing it, posting it and forgetting about it; it stuck with me. It's been on my mind for the last week or so. It especially crossed my mind when my truck broke a few days after the post went live. The exhaust rusted out and fell clean off the truck. I was at a loss of what to do with it. With my only option being bring it to a shop and ... read more
Homemaking is like a revolving door. Once you've completed a series of chores, you turn around and even more need doing. It's exhausting. And it can be so discouraging. I currently live alone and just by myself, I can easily find the chores to be overwhelming. I don't make much of a mess and yet there's always something to clean. And I can't imagine how it is for mothers with children. If you're like me, where you may or may not be ... read more
Two years ago exactly, I was homeless, jobless, my husband had just left me and my best friend had just died from brain cancer. I was at the lowest point in my life, and yet every morning I still awoke to the hope that the Lord had instilled in me with his promises. Being hopeful doesn't mean that we know what tomorrow brings, it means that we know the Lord has already been there making a way for us to join Him. I can't say that the ... read more
My best friend and I caught up this past week on our home renovation projects (and disasters...oops!). She told the story of how in an attempt to help her husband by taking off some trim she got spooked by a mouse! I, in turn, shared my own home horrors as my hallway had become a lake! While we both had a good fit of the giggles after our conversation, I realized that no matter what path in life you have taken, if you choose to be a homemaker, ... read more