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Religious Freedom

April 15, 2015 by Jill Leave a Comment

What if when we went into church we wore our sins on our sleeves?
There’d be no talking, no gossip, no audacity of false pretenses.
We’d be free.

We’d know, hey you really are JUST like me. No pretentious noses riding the air.
Scarlet letters don’t make you stand out, because they’re everywhere.

But the fact is, it’s true. It’s […]

Talking to young kids about gay marriage

April 1, 2015 by Jill 4 Comments

Wow. Apparently my 6 year old is in the ‘hot ears’ stage. She hears everything and questions it. She heard a TV chef say that he would marry a guest for his cooking if he wasn’t already married. I could have ignored it, or pretended I didn’t hear, but I figured, eh, we’ve handled race, […]

Kids’ club visit

December 15, 2014 by Jill Leave a Comment

Visited the kids’ club at church today. It’s every ‘full school day’ Monday after classes let out until 5. My husband has been a volunteer for the last 3 years with the oldest group (5th-6th). It’s nice for them to have a guy around. A lot of them don’t have men in their lives full […]

Joy in Christ- Share it like the kids

December 14, 2014 by Jill Leave a Comment

The kids always put their all into the Christmas program at church. This year thankfully there were no angel halos shredding silver tinsel all over the carpet. No ties around heads or rope sashes for shepherds and crowns covered in foil for the wise men. The kids just sang. It was epically bad and beautiful […]

2500th Post! Our life (then and) now

June 23, 2014 by Jill 7 Comments

This was my initial blog posting, well the 2nd day anyway, where you first learn about ME, before kids… bwah ha ha. I think I’ll read some more later and share some gems. I was a year from being pregnant then, and had NO IDEA how soon that was all going to .. implode. It’s […]

If you’re a stay at home parent and frustrated.. READ THIS

June 9, 2014 by Jill 2 Comments

Go HERE and read her article. If you’re pregnant or nursing or sensitive.. have a tissue. I’ll wait… okay. Did it make you cry? When I read it, tears fell heavy into my lap. No sobs, just heavy tears. I feel like this is a life changer. Or it should be. I want it to […]

Weekend wrestling with 40 days goals

March 16, 2014 by Jill 1 Comment

Laundry-I’ve been attempting to keep up with laundry. One load a day doesn’t cut it, so I’ve been doing 2-3 and that does seem to work out okay. There’s something off in the laundry rhythm that I need to fix. I’m not sure what it is, but I’ll get it figured out.
Prayers…I am praying when […]

40 bags in 40 days: Day 7-10

March 14, 2014 by Jill Leave a Comment

March 11-14 Tuesday-Friday
I’m trying to catch up
-I got spring clothes out and sorted them for donation / to wear.
-I put maternity clothes away.
-I cleaned the fridge. COMPLETELY!
-I cleaned the shower.
my goals are to clean off my desk which is covered in Christmas stuff and to tidy the bookcase. Then I’d be caught up through Friday.

Wednesday […]

No Lint for Lent: days 3-6

March 11, 2014 by Jill Leave a Comment

Laundry:
I’m going to wrap in Friday – Monday as well as I can. I ended up sick. With a fever sick. My husband, too. So between taking care of the kids, not being able to taste anything (getting dehydrated and not eating much), and being so draggy, not a lot of cleaning got done. I […]

Clean, sweet, laundry, pray, me

March 7, 2014 by Jill 1 Comment

So here’s my 5 challenges for day 2:
1. 40 bags in 40 days–on the second day I cleaned the part of our pantry that holds all of our coats, grocery bags, shoes, etc. Basically, the mudroom. I swept up a lot of mud, took out boots and coats that didn’t belong anymore (see #3) and […]