Today I realized I'm 4 years behind on our family albums. That may seem inconsequential to many, but if I don't write it down & bring the photos together, it's almost as if it never existed. I skimmed through our most recent book & it helped hearing how I described my then 1 yo in such a way that I can better relate to my now 7 yo. It's important for me to remember my journey so that I see the big picture & stay the course God has set. Otherwise, it just seems like I'm wandering.                                                                                  To at least catch us up in the present, I just have two kids at home during the day! My bookends. L joined a homeschool cha...
  Perhaps I'm ready to begin again, again. I struggle to add more words to the universe & I feel the same with photos. I let two of my passions die, both rather abruptly. My posts used to write themselves, I felt so guided in what God needed me to say. But this past year, my words have been removed. I moved from this blog over to Instagram as a better place to connect, but then everything became a distraction, and even the good distractions soon became too overwhelming. I can't possibly do every craft or recipe I've saved at this point. Unfortunately, I became painfully aware of my addictive attachment to my algorithm & lost much of my peace & productivity because of it. Satan knew, but I was too slow to recognize complacency & emptiness disguised as creative options & worldly debates. "The days are gone that you can be a quiet and comfortable Christian." I am definitely not raising quiet Christians, but perhaps we are still trying to be too co...