I'm a mother of three, five and under. I'm a wife to a perpetual student. (Seriously, just graduate already - I mean, "I support you, honey.") I'm a child to the only Father who can claim to be Perfect, and I study under Him daily in hopes of learning from the Best.
I believe in breastfeeding, natural childbirthing, cloth-diapering, co-sleeping, baby-wearing, and attachment parenting.
Compared to the bottle-feeding, Pampers-wearing, crib-sleeping, day-caring world around me, I thought maybe that qualified me as a Natural Mommy.
I’ve been feeling a bit overwhelmed. And down-trodden. And burnt out. Then the Lord was gracious enough to reveal to me a passage from the Bible that has turned my life up-side down. Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I. If [...]
Filed under: Motherhood, Theological Thoughts on November 2nd, 2007 | 5 Comments »
When we first moved here, and I became a stay-at-home mommy for the first time in my life, I decided I needed to organize my time. So I delegated Mondays for grocery shopping. Tuesdays we would go to the library. Wednesday was for Bible study. Thursday was a free day; I could either squeeze something [...]
Filed under: Praise the Lord, Theological Thoughts on October 10th, 2007 | 5 Comments »
A picture of the Dugger family after their 17th child was born. The mother was quoted saying, “We’d love to have more” just thirty minutes after delivering little Jennifer Danielle. A billboard in China which translates into, “Have less children, have a better life.” China’s family planning commission is trying to tone down their reminders [...]
Filed under: Motherhood, Theological Thoughts on August 10th, 2007 | 7 Comments »
I was washing diapers today. Let’s rewind. I was washing clothes yesterday. I put in the detergent. I poured the Downy into the Downy ball. I put in the clothes. I closed the washer and walked away. I completely forgot about the Downy ball. It remained on the counter unseen until the end of the [...]
Filed under: Theological Thoughts on August 7th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I recently started reading Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis and it has opened my eyes to the spiritual world around me. The Bible and pastors may speak of demons in this world, but somehow it didn’t sink in until I picked up this book (and I’m only on chapter three!). In this book, Lewis tells [...]
Filed under: Theological Thoughts on July 24th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
