Stories from the Homestead: Disappointments and Failures

Disappointments. Failures. I hate those two words, and coupled together, they just send my senses to an absolute unmatched level of frustration. In any area of my life, I don't handle any of these things very graciously. I let the very essence of them creep into my attitude and my thoughts. Lately, there have been…

Stories from the Homestead -Growing Pains

This summer, there has been a lot of growing going on in our little neck of the woods; This has been both good and bad.  The good? The kids, well they loved their old playground. It was a gift given to us from dear friends and it was definitely well loved. It was hard to…

Stories from the Homestead – A Day of “Should Be”

Should be. Most people live in a world of the "what if". Today, my world was inundated, rather, with the "should be". I had it all planned out. I knew this morning was going to begin with me loading up my three kiddos into my minivan and we were going to, ever so excitedly, head…