Category: books

My Brilliant Plan for How to Plan

answered prayer, books, organizing, parenting, prayer

**This post does contain affiliate links, which means that when you purchase through links on this page, April collects advertising fees from Amazon.** Was I always a little flaky? I don’t know. For years, I could get away with being very loosy-goosy with my planning because I was a stay-at-home mom of preschoolers. We moved all the time too, so by the time people developed expectations of me, we were off and away to the next town. Over the years, […]

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How do we know the Bible is reliable? Why do you believe it?

Bible, books, encouragement, God
Is the Bible real?

If someone asked you why you believe the Bible, would you know what to tell them?? How do you know the Bible is reliable? Why do you believe it? This is important, y’all. Faith is paramount, but people need some reasons behind that faith. These days most people are not educated about the Bible. I’m going to do the best I can to re-tell the excellent illustration that Pastor Craig Bowers used to show just how reliable the Bible is. Jar […]

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The Book–I had an exciting break through!

books, family, letters to war, military life, writing, writing a book

I don’t know if you remember, but before I gave birth to JD, I was writing a book. Yes, that was over three years ago now. I haven’t touched it that whole time. I can’t write that particular book anymore. It’s not the book I want to write at this time. Each morning I open my inbox in hope of seeing a blog job offer that I will want to take on. This week I had opportunities to review a security […]

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Why Cope When You Can Conquer?

Bible, Bible verses, books

I’ve been reading this book. It looks like this: Why Cope When You Can Conquer?  It’s an encouraging book. It asks an annoyingly high volume of questions. I never did enjoy answering questions. See, it’s a Bible study guide, but it’s not one of these where you have to watch a video or attend a class to go with it. You can totally just read the guide on your own. (But I did warn you about the questions.) Don’t worry. […]

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“She had come at last to the bend in the road.”–L.M. Montgomery

books, friends, military life, moving

Our church is cleaning out its library. Each Sunday the library-powers-that-be spread out about 50 books all over four tables, and anyone can come in and pick out which books they’d like to take home. They are all free. We have a large library of our own, here at April’s School for Little Men, so I have not been too tempted. Until today. What do you think I found today? FOUR books from the Anne of Green Gables series. Good […]

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Our Favorite Books from Homeschool Year 2

books, history, home school, homeschool, science

There is a time of day that is my absolute favorite. It’s the hour at the end of the day when I read to the big boys. The children love it too because it means spending time with Mom. Do you think Joshua and Caleb would ever, in a million billion years, have chosen to read the entire Little House on the Prairie series? This is a series of books that takes the time to describe the common things that […]

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Mother Teresa and the Man Covered in Worms

Bible, books, faith, God, mother teresa

Today I want to share a story that has inspired me to no end. I can’t forget this story. I love Mother Teresa. She is one of my heroes, and it’s because she lived such a selfless life for Jesus. I am a far cry from that. I also noticed, in reading about her, that she had some of the same struggles I have: heart troubles and shoulder problems. If you see footage of her, her shoulders were all hunched […]

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I believe in humility, in acknowledging that I don’t have all the answers.

books, Christmas, God, poetry

Is the Christmas stress beginning to set in for any of you? I can feel it. Christmas is more of a Mega-Urgent Task for me this year. I’m spending next week away at Science Camp with my kids. I’m afraid it’s going to be one of those no t.v./no internet sort of deals, since it’s a retreat center. That bums me out. How’s a girl supposed to entertain two pre-schoolers all day and night and do any Christmas shopping, without […]

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How to Build a Family Schedule That Works

big family life, books, home school, homeschool, organizing, parenting

I have never been a highly scheduled person. I dabbled with the baby feeding schedules, but for some reason I could never get the babies to understand my plan. “No, no, no, little one. You see, right here on the 9:00 hour, the schedule clearly states that you are to be asleep.   WHY YOU NO SLEEP?????” I get it. All schedules must have wiggle room. Life doesn’t go as planned. Ever. Well, sometimes, maybe? I married into a family […]

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I Will Not Panic Today, Even if Dirt Boy Dumps Dirt on the Dining Room Floor

accomplishment, Bible verses, books, Classical Conversations, family, friends, hard times, parenting
I Will Not Panic Today, Even if Dirt Boy Dumps Dirt on the Dining Room Floor

Tonight I’m hosting my home school moms’ group. That means that I will be spending all day trying to clean up my house, take care of four children, and cook. I need to make sure that I don’t fall into the prideful trap of cleaning up my house to try to make myself look good. It’s not about me. Let’s not put on a show and act like my house is always this neat, if I even manage to get […]

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