This is the last post of the year. Christmas has just been celebrated and now the new year beckons! Are you ready for 2017? Has the Lord given you a word for the new year? Are you looking forward to, or dreading the new year? I have my word for 2017 and have been thinking through […] Read more…
Recording memories and milestones
I am curious. Do any of you keep journals or planners that record your family’s or your own memories and milestones? Or do you only have a Home Management Binder that lists your to-do list with your household chores, menu plans and appointment tracker plus all the important documents and contacts filed and contacts? I don’t […] Read more…
Obedience
No, this post is not about teaching our children obedience. But instead it is about our own obedience to the Lord. Seeking the Lord for 2017 I have been seeking the Lord for a verse or word for the coming year. I always try to do it so as to have an anchor of sorts […] Read more…
Considering homeschooling?
When we started homeschooling in 2004, we really didn’t know what it would look like and where we would end up. I just know that it was something God told us to do. At that point in time, there were few homeschooling families around and definitely no such thing as co-ops. It was hard to […] Read more…
After Grade 12 then what? Homeschooling the secondary school years and beyond
This year’s PSLE results have been released. For primary school homeschoolers they will have to decide if they will send their child into the school system or not. Many are curious what homeschooling the secondary school years and beyond looks like. Let me share with you our journey thus far. Do remember that we are […] Read more…
Say to Archippus – for Mothers???
Say to Archippus is a book with a message for the saints to wake up from our slumber, align with the Lord and perform our assignments He has tasked us to do. Yes, this book is for mothers too! We also must be awakened, aligned and assigned so that we are fulfilling our assignment from the Lord. Read more…
Setting Up Margins to Beat the Overwhelm
Do you have margins in your life? Or is your life and schedule packed to the brim? No, margins are not the same as the famous ME TIME that mothers love to talk about. I am talking about making margins, space, in your life so that you are not slotting every hour you have with […] Read more…
Setting up systems to beat the overwhelm
In the previous post, Setting up ROUTINES to beat the overwhelm, I shared how setting up basic routines and then honing it with a morning and evening routine can help beat the overwhelm. In this post, I will be sharing how setting up certain systems has helped me feel less overwhelmed. How does setting up […] Read more…
Setting Up Routines to Beat the Overwhelm
Setting up routines to beat the overwhelm. It is one of my favourite pieces of advice that I dish out to people asking how I manage when I see their eyes glaze over when I reply that it is God who empowers me. There is no need to figure out what to do each day. It does not matter what time one wakes up. The routine is operational from the moment one is awake Read more…
Beat the overwhelm!
Overwhelmed. Burned out. Just. Done. Beat the overwhelm? Can I just run away instead? Far, far away! How many times have I been here? Too many. May I suggest another way, a way which I am in the midst of learning? Read more…