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Cultivating A Joyful Thanksgiving

November 21, 2022 by Courtney Leave a Comment

Cultivating A Joyful Thanksgiving

My mom is the epitome of joy.  She taught us to live joyfully.  It was all we knew of childhood. A relationship with Jesus, a heart full of gratitude, a spirit of contentment, and happiness in the little things–it was the way of life.  I never knew my mom was fascilitaing anything other than the ordinary. […]

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Filed Under: Building Family Culture, Give Thanks, Living Simply, Motherhood, My Heart, Prepare Him Room, Spiritual Growth Tagged With: a Joyful Thanksgiving, Building Family Culture, children, Christmas, encouragement, family holidays, giving thanks, God's Love, holidays, Jesus, Jesus' love, joy, love of Jesus, making holidays special, Motherhood, Music, parenthood, parenting, peace, quality time, Raising Boys, season of gratitude, seasons, special days, Spiritual Growth, thankfulness, thanksgiving, Thanksgiving traditions

This Winter Weekend

February 5, 2016 by Courtney 3 Comments

This Winter Weekend

Friday, we welcome you with open arms. {Sigh.} Whatever this weekend holds for you, whether you are approaching it with happy anticipation or a heavy heart, may it be more abundant than your expectations. May your weekend be filled with things that make your heart smile: the laughter of your children, a strong cup of […]

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Filed Under: Grace for the Weekend, Living Simply, Motherhood, My Heart, Raising Boys Tagged With: encouragement, Friday, friendship, Let Light Shine, Marriage, Motherhood, quality time, Raising Boys, sisterhood, weekend

20 Christmas Traditions Your Family Will Love

December 8, 2015 by Courtney 1 Comment

20 Christmas Traditions Your Family Will Love

Guest Post by Jennifer Roskamp    {Week 2: An Advent Celebration Series} *It is with a happy heart that I am sharing Week Two of this December blog series highlighting the Advent celebrations of real families!  Four real moms are sharing four diverse ways to celebrate the birth of Jesus.  Each woman is beautifully wise.  Friends, you will be blessed by their […]

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Filed Under: Advent, Guest Post, Motherhood, Prepare Him Room, Raising Boys, Spiritual Growth Tagged With: Advent, Advent Traditions, children, Children's books, Christmas, Christmas traditions, encouragement, Family, family traditions, Holiday, Holiday traditions, Motherhood, parenting, quality time

The Friendship Every Woman Really Needs

November 9, 2015 by Courtney 19 Comments

The Friendship Every Woman Really Needs

We sit on her couch for hours, the three of us, looking at pictures in photo albums and telling the biggest stories of our lives.  We sip coffee and dip some chips in home-made guacamole.  She even bought  Mountain Dew because…well, I am a party with a little Dew. As mothers of little children, we had rushed home after evening […]

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Filed Under: Hospitality, Motherhood, Sisterhood, Spiritual Growth Tagged With: authenticity, bottle feeding, career woman, cleanliness, edifying words, encouragement, fellowship, feminism, friends, friendship, homemakers, homemaking, Hospitality, Motherhood, nursing mother, Proverbs, quality time, sisterhood, sisters, womanhood, women

The Most Important Work

April 17, 2015 by Courtney Leave a Comment

The Most Important Work

Some days are for cloud watching with a blanket on the freshly cut spring grass.  This is what matters most when you’re spending time with a four-year-old and a toddler.       There’s laundry sorted into lumpy piles, waiting for someone to toss it into the washing machine.  I’m that someone.  One load down…a few […]

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Filed Under: Grace for the Weekend, Motherhood, My Heart, Raising Boys Tagged With: child rearing, children, love, making memories, Motherhood, parenthood, parenting, quality time, teaching love, teaching to serve, train up a child, work

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