Faith Food and Yarn
Yesterday my daughter wanted to refuse her nap; a nap which her refusal made her need for it that much more evident. She was so mad at me for taking her upstairs away from the fun. She was screaming and flailing, hurting herself trying to get away from me. At one point, she screamed such […] Read more…
As 2017 drew to a close, I knew that there were some things I had to change about my business. I was burnt out. I had planned new content on my blog twice a week, nearly all year long. I had a new pattern release or recipe almost every single week, along with my weekly […] Read more…
If you read last week’s message, you know that our family has been up against it. My husband has been bed ridden since Christmas with a badly herniated disc. We have had the toilets breakdown on us. The dog has been sick. The kids all had bad colds and THEN the horrible, awful stomach bug […] Read more…
I would like to give you a small glimpse into our lives right now, and it’s going to get ugly, so brace yourselves, but the message is important. Yesterday, my husband stood to hug me, in our bedroom. This is significant, because he has been unable to stand up for that long, or hold me in […] Read more…
My sweet, sweet boy, Elijah, my fellow lover of all things basketball, turned down an opportunity for a basketball clinic held locally over Christmas break. He gave us an excuse of his bruised, hurting knee (when the camp was 3 weeks away), and it seemed odd, but I didn’t press him, not wanting him to […] Read more…
In our house, toddler is a verb. Toddler-ing means throwing ones self in an inexplicable rage, sometimes in silent refusal, but often with wailing and flailing. My almost 3-year-old is great at toddler-ing. She toddlers better than any of our other children did, combined. She will throw a complete tantrum when asked to do something she doesn’t […] Read more…