I’ve been trying to organize my wants/hopes/dreams/etc. for our future home (which we have no information on the location of, yet). I wanted to link them all here, so that they are easier to find. I also want to note … Continue reading
Category Archives: hopes
My Dream Kitchen
These are the things that I would like to include in our new kitchen (still in the dream stage): 1 – A Balance between Hardworking Farmhouse and Elegance It’s a real struggle for me to envision a kitchen that will … Continue reading
Dreaming of a mudroom
Our colonial saltbox in Mystic has a lot of charm, but one major thing it lacks is a functional entryway. There are two entrances: one from the garage (which I envision as the casual entrance for family) and one in … Continue reading
What if Everett never gets better?
I really needed to read this today
Blessings, the hard eucharisteo exemplified
This song captures it the hard eucharisteo* Wow. It’s hard. But, God, we thank you for it all. Blessings by Laura Story We pray for blessings We pray for peace Comfort for family, protection while we sleep We pray for … Continue reading
I asked Derm Dad to read this article:
http://www.visionarywomanhood.com/raising-children-war/
After reading it, he asked me, “What’s our battle? And are we fighting it?”
I said, “I think our battle is for eucharisteo. Satan wants us to be ungrateful, to question whether God is really good. When we choose contentment, even in the hard things, that is the Spiritual victory.”
Lord, thank you for Everett’s stroke. Thank you for making things so much harder than they would have been if Everett had the use of his whole brain instead of only half. Thank you for the way our entire family is learning how to lean on You for Every. Little. Thing. Because I know I can’t do this on my own. But you are enough, Lord. And you are good to me.
I am learning all this from Ann Voskamp’s exquisitely challenging book, One Thousand Gifts.
Making plans for the Connecticut Homestead
I really want a Food Forest, a la Permaculture with trees, bushes, and low-lying plants all mixed in so that they work together for pest management, etc. I especially want to refer to my Chicken Gardens book for all the … Continue reading
Pinspiration for Adele’s Room
And these are the fabrics we just ordered (from Alewives fabric store in Maine) to mix in with the ones above: We are SO EXCITED to begin this project! I still have to buy fabric for the balloon curtains, but … Continue reading