A Farm Wife's Reflections

Hello from my snowy corner of the world! Well, 2024 whizzed by, and then was quickly followed by January and almost half of February. I’m not a big New Year’s resolution kinda girl, but there are things I want to work on in the next year, and hopefully for the rest of my life. We’re [...]

I’ve been too busy to write much these days but I’m still here. I thought I’d share a fall update and some things we’re enjoying right now. Fall is here…We picked our pears, dug our potatoes, and the garden is cleaned off for the year! The leaves have fallen from the walnut tree outside our [...]

Oliver has been asking me if I’m going to write a poem for Harrison, using the letters in his name, like this one I made for him when he was born. I made an attempt or two, but it just didn’t come together. Today was a super busy day, but as poems do, it just [...]

(Things I’d like to go back and tell my newly married self.) Once upon a blog post, I wrote a letter to my 14 year old self. You can read that post here, if you wish, but basically it was just me writing down some things I wished I had known as a 14-year-old, and [...]

I’ve been thinking a lot about mothers. Specifically the wisdom of mothers, that is passed down to their children. How often do we hear people say “my mama always said…” and then share some quotation from their mother? Laura Ingalls Wilder’s ma said “Draw the broom; don’t push it,” and “No use crying over spilled [...]

I wanted to say I’m thankful that I got to know you. I don’t know if I have ever heard anyone say a negative thing about you. You were a man of few words, but you always had a smile for whoever came along, and your handshake and “Howdy!” let us know that you were [...]

“Every good and perfect gift is from above,coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.”James 1:17 We’ve just come through a season of giving and receiving gifts, and ultimately commemorating the greatest Gift that has ever been given. It’s always a time of reflection for me; a [...]

Dear friends, It’s been awhile since I’ve derailed from the topic of homeschooling, but I thought it’d be fun to do another life update. Nothing too much has changed here, but God is blessing us daily, and there’s much to thank Him for. I always like to start by telling you a little about my [...]

“Papa, we had the best school day ever!” a little voice excitedly greeted Cory when he came inside this evening. When asked what made it better than other days, the answer was that “Mom made all of our lessons either a story or a game.” We smiled, and reckoned Charlotte Mason would approve of our [...]

I guess I don’t need much of a preface, as this is part 2. For a preface, see my last post. 🙂 How do you stand being around your children all the time? This question is usually followed by “I could never do it!” While my children are human and sometimes make me want to [...]