When you move into your first home, you’re just grateful you have a home. Your own bathroom, an oven big enough to bake a pan of brownies, a place to hang your clothes up in order. Your home is immediately a well-loved home. You can finally invite people over for wonderful evenings of talk and food, and you can paint…
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Ever since we moved into our house, I’ve wanted to get rid of the wallpaper in our front hallway. It’s the first thing people saw when they walked into the house, and it was a sad beige-striped color. However, I was afraid of the challenges I’ve heard came with removing wallpaper in an old house, so I left it. And…
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This is a personal story I just had to share. It’s so good to remind ourselves of the ways God has provided for us and taken care of us, through both the good and bad parts of our lives. This is not the only time I have seen God’s provision in my life, but it’s certainly one of the most…
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Not sure you want to pour a mixture of unknown ingredients on your baby’s head anymore? Tired of paying eight dollars (or more) a bottle for shampoo you don’t love? Try making DIY natural baby shampoo! I haven’t been convinced yet that everything has to be homemade and natural. Honestly, if at the end of each day your baby is…
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When I was a baby, my dad was serving as interim pastor for a small Baptist church. My mom, the new “preacher’s wife,” was also the new Great Spiritual Woman (much to her dismay). One day, some ladies asked her, the shy 26-year-old girl from up North, to come lead a prayer meeting. She said yes. When the day arrived,…
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