For the last several years, I’ve gone away on a retreat at the start of January. What started as a relaxing time with friends has now morphed into three nights completely alone. Since we started homeschooling, I’ve found I crave that alone time more, as I have plenty of social time during the week. I …
Have you ever considered how biblical homemaking can be a form of art? I know you might not feel this way when the daily work of homemaking is hard, or you don’t feel good at it, or nothing stays done for long… but consider with me how biblical homemaking can create art that is both …
I hear you say that you’re thinking of going back to work soon. Your baby’s almost a year old, starting to sleep through the night somewhat consistently and you’re coming out of that brain fog. You say that you are so bored at home, that you need to go back to work for some mental …
This blog post is part of a series on the particular temptations we face as stay at home mums, and how to flee from those temptations. Since God is the Author and Ruler of all life, he alone has the authority to determine right and wrong. That’s why it’s so important to stick to the …
This blog post is part of a series on the particular temptations we face as stay at home mums, and how to flee from those temptations. Since God is the Author and Ruler of all life, he alone has the authority to determine right and wrong. That’s why it’s so important to stick to the …
As homemakers, we all have days when it just feels like too much and we don’t know where to start. Here are some different ideas to help you prioritise when you feel overwhelmed. The first thing I recommend is sitting down with pen and paper and doing a ‘brain dump’, where you just write down …
One of the hardest things I found about being a stay at home mum is that I never truly got to “switch off”. I constantly had things on my mind, and I was usually juggling 3-4 tasks at the same time. This often lead to burn out and decision-making fatigue. Have you ever broke down …
I’ve wanted to be a homemaker and a stay-at-home-mum since my teen years. And once I got married, I threw myself into homemaking (or what I thought was homemaking) whole-heartedly. I painted a canvas for our lounge-room wall in colours that matched the second-hand lounges from my grandparents. I sewed aprons and I baked cupcakes. …
