Category: Family

Gifts from My Father

Last night my husband and I made the trek once again to my daddy’s property to work, along with three strapping young men, on preparing it for Susannah’s way-too-fast-approaching wedding day. She and Peter want their reception there. So we’re working hard — along with a mob of amazing covenant brothers and sisters — to make it happen. I’m quite sure more than a few people think we’re a bit […]

Read More →
« « Previous post| Next post » »

Courtship, Part 4: Courtship Pitfalls

I had to laugh when someone shared this typically snarky quote from Doug Wilson with me. “Since I wrote ‘Her Hand in Marriage’, I have heard more than one courtship horror story. And more than once I have consequently said that the courtship model means that we have six idiots involved instead of two.” Maybe this is why any post about courtship is usually met with at least a few […]

Read More →
« « Previous post| Next post » »

Invest Now.

On Tuesday, we spent a little bit of time talking about “courtship”. It’s a challenging topic to talk about because of the different meanings people assign to the word. On another day we’ll discuss some of the pitfalls and common mistakes parents tend to make while overseeing a courtship. Because we’re human and sinners, we’re going to make mistakes. For today, let’s start preparing for the courtship years. Take the […]

Read More →
« « Previous post| Next post » »

Courtship, Part 3: Some Thoughts on Courtship

Courtship is a topic that’s dear to me because I believe in it. It’s also a topic that’s fresh on my mind. We have six children. Four are married. Another is engaged and will be married in a month. (Oh, my goodness! What am I doing writing blog posts?! ) This will be our fifth wedding in a little more than six years! We can say that we’ve seen courtship […]

Read More →
« « Previous post| Next post » »

The Importance of Community: Courtship, Part 2

I am basking in the joy of our church’s annual family camp this week. This is the 25th year we have attended camp with this group of fellow-believers! Some of our babies weren’t even born when we started coming to this camp. Now most of them are married, and some are chasing their own little ones around the campground! In between the great singing and eating, learning and sharing, and […]

Read More →
« « Previous post| Next post » »

We’re Just a Part of Their Stories

The topic of courtship has been on my mind a lot lately. One reason is this: Our “baby” is getting married! And we praise God for the man who will be her husband! God continues to write stories that we could never think up on our own. (More on that in another post. 🙂 ) So if posts are a bit more sporadic over the next two or three months, […]

Read More →
« « Previous post| Next post » »

Previews of Heaven

We’re talking about moving . . . Almost eighteen years we’ve lived in this place. It was a miracle when we came here. We’d been stuffed into a tiny little house that was overflowing with children and business. God put us on this perfect piece of property with a warehouse-type structure already attached to the house. We just had to finish it. (The original owners had started adding that part […]

Read More →
« « Previous post| Next post » »

What Imperfect Parents Can Do About Imperfect Grandparents

I do realize how blessed we are. Daniel’s post last week was a sweet reminder of the blessings of those exhausting-but-worth-it Thursdays with Grandpa and Grandy. I am so thankful for those last rich years with them. While I thank God for those years, I know that many families are not blessed with godly grandparents. Your parents may not even want to be involved in the lives of the grandchildren, […]

Read More →
« « Previous post| Next post » »

A Change of Plans

I (Daniel) am posting today because my dad, mom, and sisters are taking the week off for a vacation at the beach 🙂 I want to tell you a quick story about something my mama did about 10 years ago that had a huge impact on my life. This was back when she was in the thick of homeschooling. There were six of us, from Susannah (age 9) to me, […]

Read More →
« « Previous post| Next post » »

One Good Reason for Persevering

“Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways. For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table. Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD… Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children…” (Psalm 128, excerpts) Here are some of the best rewards for all our years of diapers, bandaging, feeding, car-seat buckling, chauffeuring, school planning and teaching, […]

Read More →
« « Previous post| Next post » »