Passionate Homemaking

“Who can measure the long-term effects of nurturing helpless infants, supervising wandering toddlers, discipling self-willed children, and counseling self-absorbed adolescents? Of family outings planned, traditions built, memories made, books read, songs sung, Scripture taught? That’s why motherhood belongs under the heading, ‘Engage the World’; no one shapes generations or fashions cultures more than mothers.“ ~ [...]

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This season of young motherhood with three lively little ones under foot is incredibly full and unbelievably tiring. I’ve realized that the reality is I will likely be tired for quite some time to come. Each season of our lives will have its own unique challenges but also its own unique blessings. Blessings that we [...]

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The more children I have, the more I become aware of how over commercialized our culture is in all the toys and gadgets available on the market to entertain and literally over stimulate your baby. Babies are perfectly content to enjoy the things they find all around the house – from the sippy cup to [...]

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This is the final installment of a short series on infant routines. Read part 1 here, and part 2 here to catch up with us. We Love Baby-wearing Again, I love baby wearing. I love holding my baby close to my heart and snuggling and cuddling with them at moments throughout the day. I love [...]

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This is part two of a short series on Infant Routines. To read part 1, visit here.  As I mentioned in part 1, my desire with this series is simply to share how God has led us to most peacefully establish an infant routine at our home while keeping a balance in our priorities. We [...]

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Addie asked: I was wondering where you fall on the baby wise-demand feeding continuum. What is your secret to finding a routine, but still following your intuition to hold them when they are upset? How do you care for your home, your children, and your health? There are two different camps when it comes to infant routines and the basics [...]

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There have been repeated times in the past few years where I have struggled with the “what if’s” of my past. What if I had continued to pursue a college degree and not gotten married so early? What if we had waited longer to have children? What if I pursued an active career? I see [...]

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Written by monthly contributing writer, Daniele Evans. Something wasn’t right. I knew it deep down, and it shook me up.  This boy of ours struggled, unable to translate words in his mind to ones we could hear from his mouth. He tried, yes he did.  His toddler lips shaping silently, that innocent voice straining to [...]

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