Five Minute Friday

The Season of Bare (Five Minute Friday)

It’s a Canada winter. Trees shiver in the subzero temperatures, missing their coats of leaves. The colour brown pervades the landscape. Dirty snow waits for a fresh coat of ‘snow paint’ to restore its beauty. The ground is hard, refusing any attempt at seed placement or support for a bloom. The sun shines, but doesn’t… Read More The Season of Bare (Five Minute Friday)

Grace Parenting, Life Lessons, Stories of Grace

Stories of Grace: Surrender

We walk hand in hand, Tiny Daughter and I. Walk briskly to avoid the biting wind, our boots crunching on a layer of freshly fallen snow. Tiny Daughter is chattering about some change that she possesses, that she received from Small Son. How she wants to buy some chocolate for Brother “and for you, Mom.”… Read More Stories of Grace: Surrender

Five Minute Friday, Life Lessons

The Stuff Life is Made Of: Again (Five Minute Friday)

Today I’m sharing with you one of my very favourite quotes, that reflects where I want my heart to be. “Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say “do it again!” And the grown-up person does it again until he… Read More The Stuff Life is Made Of: Again (Five Minute Friday)

Organization

How To Move Mountains…Of Laundry

I’ve had another break-through. And I’ve literally moved a mountain in our home. Studying up on time management and self discipline is doing things to me! Tiny changes are revolutionizing the way I get my house chores done. I echo Crystal Paine  at moneysavingmom.com) when she said, “I can’t believe it’s taken me 9 years to figure… Read More How To Move Mountains…Of Laundry