Love in the Small Things
Encouragement and Tools for Your Real Mom Life
Encouragement and Tools for Your Real Mom Life
Encouragement and Tools for Your Real Mom Life
“Day by Day” Author: Carolina Sandell; Translator: A. L. Skoog. 1865. [Public Domain.] https://hymnary.org/text/day_by_day_and_with_each_passing_moment.
Welcome!
Ever feel worn to a frazzle by all the small things in life? Me, too!
In my struggle to find refreshment and hope, I’ve filled digital notebooks full of helpful resources, many of which have helped my days flow a little smoother or encouraged me to face another day with joy.
My goal is to share helpful resources and Bible truths that make life as a wife and mother truly joyful. I write mostly for stay-at-home, homeschooling moms of many (since those are the roles I’m most familiar with), but I hope that whatever your situation, you will feel welcome and find something useful here.
My goal isn’t Pinterest perfect–you’ll probably notice more candid shots with dirty laundry and scattered books in the background than you will neatly curated scenes with freshly arranged flowers. Let’s face it, life is often not simple or beautiful, but it is an adventure! Come with us to find refreshment in the Lord, gain strength to face real life with joy, and learn to love in the small things.
From our real family to yours–aloha! Grab a cup of tea and stay awhile!
Remember God’s Blessings: How to Finally Start Keeping a Family Journal
So why haven’t I made it a habit to pick those journals back up and start writing? Probably because that would mean admitting that I had missed years of journal entries, and if I do later add something about those missing years, it will be out of order. I wish I could go back through our calendars, text messages, and photos to try to piece together something of a family history to fill in the blank spaces first, but when will I find the time? So I wait, sitting on the side of the road, feeling that the enormous burden of my perfect ideal is too heavy for me to budge, much less pick up and carry.
Helping Your Children Love Learning – Coming Soon!
While we can’t guarantee and shouldn’t seek delight as our primary goal in education, it does often come as the result of presenting a bountiful, nourishing, and continual feast of living ideas. If we are careful to give our children a loving atmosphere, good habits, and worthwhile resources, God can use those blessings to feed their souls. And they will be much more likely to love learning.
Do You Enjoy Being a Mom?
I know that I do often enjoy being a mom. But I wish that joy was more open, unashamed, and expressive. I wish that I didn’t feel awkward talking about how full my heart is with nine children, fearful that it sounds hypocritical when I know I so often complain about how full my hands are. But really, “how rich I am, how truly, how wondrously blessed!”
20 Books & Tools for Spiritual Growth as a Mom
Are you serious about taking the next step in your walk with God and looking for tools that will help you grow? It can be overwhelming to see all the options on Amazon or Christian book websites, especially when you know that so much that’s available today is just fluff.
A Mama’s Recipe for Refreshment
Hungry? Get a snack. Thirsty? Grab a drink. Weary-souled? Just keep dragging on. Right?
What if there was something you could do to refresh your soul, even if you had no time for a massage, no money for a vacation, and no one to watch the kids?
10 Great Hymns for Moms, Part 1
Do the hymns you sing at church seem like just a formal routine that you get through at the beginning of each service while trying to manage little ones hanging on you and flipping through hymnals they can’t yet read? Do the lyrics pass under your glance and roll off your tongue without really doing anything for your soul?
Or do these great songs of the faith express the struggles and desires of your heart? Are they so much a part of you that you sing them at home as you go about your busy mom days?