Encouragement and Support for Christian Stay-at-Home Mothers
The teen years is an unpredictable season. One moment you think you have it nailed and the next you feel like an absolute failure.
And because what “works” today may not the next, I don’t think it is responsible of me to share it as if it is even a solution. It could very well have been a fluke shot. So how now? Read more …. Read more…
After going through PSLE* with 5 very different children, with different strengths and weaknesses, many have asked me how *I* did it. Well, for starters, *I* did not do it. As one child petulantly exclaimed many years back when she heard that I had been asked to speak at a PSLE sharing session to help other homeschool […] Read more…
As I write and share how things are done in our large homeschooling family, I am overcome with gratitude to the Lord. As you know in Why So Many Children, I did not want to even have one child and yet God has changed my mind and heart to accept as many as He sends. And in doing so, He has stretched and grown me so much. Read more…
I can’t even start to guess the number of times we have had to field comments such as, “Have you always wanted a large family?” and the one that makes Henson and I laugh most, “You must love children very much!” We have all these children because sometime back when we had 2 children, we chose to trust God with our family size and spacing. Read more…
After the post on grocery shopping and cooking for our larger than average-sized family, you must be curious about the size and type of kitchen equipment we use to facilitate cooking for our family. You must be wondering if we have an industrialised-sized kitchen or perhaps restaurant style woks and pots? Read more…
Letting go and trusting God is not about trusting God with our family size. But it is about one of the biggest lessons learnt as a mother of many. About how I had to learn that letting go and trusting God is the only way when one has a large family. Many times we say we trust God but do we really? Read more…
The Lord’s Day. A day to worship the Lord and be with God’s family. And yet, attending church with a large family can be often everything but that. But mom in the trenches, keep keeping on! Because soon you WILL get to sit and listen to the sermons. You WILL get to chat with other adults without being interrupted. Hang in there! Read more…
In order to live a purposeful life, we need to first know what the Lord has called us to and then to live our lives doing our best to fulfil our calling. Let us not waste our time here on earth with meaningless and fruitless activities. And in the process, descend into depression and a woe-is-me mentality. Read more…
So, I have decided to be brave and take on the Write 31 Challenge this year. I had heard about it late last year when the challenge had already ended so I just put my name down to be notified when the 2017 challenge came on. And so, a few weeks back I received the email that […] Read more…
Have you ever felt God calling you to do something but you held back? Perhaps even chose to say “NO” immediately? Why “NO”? Why did you do that? Was it because it is something out of your comfort zone? Or perhaps it was something that required too much from you? Too much time, too much […] Read more…