Homeschool
A Morning Basket for the Mama Who Is Behind
If the checklist is already laughing at you before nine o'clock, this gentle little rhythm is for you.
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Welcome, friend
There Is No Fair Weather Without You
Every home has a sunshine-maker — and mama, it's you. Notes on faith, homeschooling and motherhood for the Christian mother learning to keep cheerful and honor Christ in her ordinary, yet eternally valuable labors.
From the kitchen table
Slow words for fast days — the newest from around here.
What I talk about here...
Think of these as four rooms in my little internet "home".
Homeschool
Rhythms over rigid schedules — Bible time, the "3 R's", reading aloud, maybe busting the watercolors out if the baby naps and heaps of grace for the days that unravel.
Faith
Straight from one sleep-deprived, caffeine-fueled mama's brain to another: how to pray through interruptions, cling to God's promises when they feel flat, and receive His new mercies before the coffee cools.
Motherhood
The unglamorous but eternally valuable work of shepherding little souls — plus the sourdough, laundry mountains, and baby toes that fill every worthwhile day.
Childbirth
Learning to welcome pregnancy & labor with JOY — viewing both as opportunities to practice trusting, deeply, the One who wonderfully designed our bodies to grow & bring forth new life.
Hello from behind the keyboard
I'm a Christ-following, 1st Gen homeschooling, probably covered in sourdough, spit-up or both wife & mama of 5. When I'm not "here" writing blog posts, you'll likely find me in the kitchen baking, cooking or dancing with abandon to 90s and 2000s bops (as my kids feign embarrassment), reading my latest book club pick (I'm looking at you Tress of the Emerald Sea), or sipping coffee the color of sad millennial beige as I homeschool my crew. I've never met a bread I didn't love slathered in butter. I often was reprimanded in high school & college English classes for using too many unnecessary words to convey simple points (but now I write how I want to for millions of people to read on the internet soooo...life is funny). I NEVER listed "A full time stay-at-home-mom" on any of my What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up? elementary busy work pages (again, life is hilarious). The heart behind this space is simple -- I want to see more mamas learn to genuinely LOVE their lives as homemakers and mothers. To see themselves as the "Sunshine Maker" of their home as Marmee from Little Women so beautifully put it. And to honestly believe that their labors & surrendered desires are valuable, worthwhile and treasured, if by no one on this earth, certainly by their Father in heaven who sees all.
— The Sunshine Maker
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