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Christmas Liturgy

By Shaye Elliott 5 Comments

Christmas Liturgy

Christmas Liturgy, By Stuart Homeschooling our kids has made me think a lot about some big questions. I’ve typically never been one to go with the flow for the sake of going with the flow. So, when we decided to homeschool I had to wrestle with some why and what questions. It turns out that

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Filed Under: Faith, Family, Home, Homeschooling, Ponderings and Dreams, Raising Rascals Tagged With: Christmas, Faith, Family, Festive, Homeschooling, Kids, Liturgy, Parenting, Seasons, Stuart

Sass.

By Shaye Elliott 6 Comments

Sass.

There are lots of babies in my life right now. Lots and lots of babies. I’ve got babies. You’ve got babies. All my friends have babies. Random people walking down the street or in the grocery store have babies. It’s just the cycle of life, isn’t it? And when you’re a parent, people like to

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Filed Under: Faith, Family, Friends, Ponderings and Dreams Tagged With: Advice, Children, Family, Farming, Friends, Homeschool, Homeschooling, Kids

I am here.

By Shaye Elliott 20 Comments

I am here.

I am here. Despite the plague having hit our house hard over the last week and a half, I am here. I may be buried under no less than nineteen loads of dirty towels, sheets, pajamas, and pillowcases… but I am here.  And you know what? While I wasn’t here, but rather swimming in the

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Filed Under: Faith, Ponderings and Dreams Tagged With: Children, Christian, Faith, Family, Kids, Parenting, Wellness, Wisdom

What to say to the broken hearted.

By Shaye Elliott 22 Comments

What to say to the broken hearted.

What to say. Oh, what to say. More often than not, my words fail me (hence the need to type them out once my brain has had a chance to connect with my tongue). A few months back, my husband took the pulpit to preach to our small, faithful congregation that meets each Sunday morning

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Filed Under: Faith, Ponderings and Dreams, Stuart Tagged With: Christian, Church, Comfort, Faith, Family, God, Love, Stuart

Keeping It Simple.

By Shaye Elliott 26 Comments

Keeping It Simple.

You’ve heard it. I’ve heard it. But at this moment, I’m hell bent on keeping it the reality: Keeping it simple. Culture is already swimming with holiday ideas and trinkets to fill up our time and empty our wallets. This is the time of year when I try and make a point to tuck away into my

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Filed Under: Animals, Faith, Family, Farm, Farming & Gardening, Home, Ponderings and Dreams Tagged With: Animals, Back to basics, Basic, Farm, Home, Life with kids, Simple, Stuart, The simple life, Winter

At the end of it all.

By Shaye Elliott 39 Comments

At the end of it all.

At the end of it all, I have hope.  We lost our Lochy boy this past week. He ventured a wee bit too far from home (not far as the crow flies, but none-the-less, ended up on a 45 mph country road) and was struck by a car. A pedestrian happened to see him laying

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Filed Under: Animals, Faith, Family, Farm, Farming & Gardening, Ponderings and Dreams Tagged With: Animals, Death, Dogs, Faith, Farm, Farm animals, Homestead, Life

The hardest thing I’ve done in my life.

By Shaye Elliott 42 Comments

The hardest thing I’ve done in my life.

The hardest thing I’ve done in my life is live through the every day.  It’s mundane. It’s sloppy. And it’s hard. I want to be all like “Yay! Cherish the moments!” but secretly inside, I want to crawl away to a quite home where there are no little ones to constantly peck me to death.

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Filed Under: Faith, Family, Ponderings and Dreams, Raising Rascals, Stuart Tagged With: Children, encouragement for moms, Homeschooling, homestead life, Parenting, Raising children, Stay at home Mom

The Vital Few: What the heck am I trying to do?

By Shaye Elliott 17 Comments

The Vital Few: What the heck am I trying to do?

Choosing My Vital Few Whew. Wowza. What a season we’ve just come through. You know when you’ve just delivered a baby and you’re all “Whew! Wowza! That was a doozy.” – ya, it’s like that though, thank the Lord, there was a lot less blood involved. These past few months have been filled with times of

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Filed Under: Faith, Family, Farm, Farming & Gardening, Home, Ponderings and Dreams Tagged With: doTERRA, Entrepreneaur, Home, Homemaker, Homeschooling, Organization, Reflection, Vital few

Family Table Is Shipping: HERE WE GO!

By Shaye Elliott 16 Comments

Family Table Is Shipping: HERE WE GO!

I’m floored. And by floored, I mean I’m currently laying on the floor, soothing my aching bones from the exhaustion that has joyfully consumed my body. 5,000 copies of Family Table are currently sitting in my God-forsaken basement awaiting their destiny on your kitchen counter! The book is done. The book is here. The book is for

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Filed Under: Faith, Farm, Farming & Gardening, Friends, Home, Ponderings and Dreams, The Politics of Food Tagged With: Cook, Cookbook, Family Table, From Scratch, Kitchen, Recipes

Don’t remind me of her.

By Shaye Elliott 29 Comments

Don’t remind me of her.

I wasn’t always this person. But don’t remind me of that.  A decade ago – I was much, much different. Those of you who have read my testimony (part two here) can… well… attest to that. I’m not going to tell you who I was because I don’t want you to know her. But this past

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Filed Under: Faith, Family, Ponderings and Dreams, Stuart Tagged With: Christianity, Faith, Family, Love, marriage, Stuart, Testimony

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