Brandy is a wife of 15 years and a homeschooling mom of seven boys. She spends most of her time teaching, cooking and managing a busy, happy home. She also enjoys writing and encouraging mothers at her blog where she also shares household tips, homeschooling resources and recipes at TheMarathonMom.com
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By Contributing Writer, Brandy Ferguson Has it ever happened to you? Have you ever needed encouragement desperately and searched for it, only to find….none? Have you ever sent an email to someone, hoping, even asking for encouragement, and then checked and re-checked your inbox only to find…..nothing? Maybe you’ve texted a friend, needing an ear […]
By Contributing Writer, Brandy Ferguson It seems that everywhere I turn lately, I encounter mothers who have just had new babies, and they all seem to have the same thing in common: they’re exhausted and overwhelmed. Lack of sleep, unintentional neglect of themselves, and isolation work together to accomplish one tired mother. And it doesn’t […]
By Contributing Writer, Brandy Ferguson In some ways, having many children now seems easier than when we had only two or three. I imagine that it could be because the older children are able to help some. Or it could be due to the fact that I’m more relaxed about some things, or that I […]
By Contributing Writer, Brandy Ferguson Oh how I dreaded to write this. Because most days, it’s easier to just push the thoughts back. Away from the surface. Shhhhhh…..I don’t have time to hurt right now, I say to myself. Things to do. Children to tend to. Errands to run. A baby is coming. A baby […]
image credit By Contributing Writer, Brandy Ferguson Clear the trash. If you’re anything like us, it takes a bit of effort to sort through the gifts, receipts, boxes, bows, and all the trash from gift wrapping, bags, on and on. Put away new stuff. As simple as it sounds, putting away new things is something […]
By Contributing Writer, Brandy Ferguson Two sentences in, I backspace all of it. That’s wrong, I think to myself. Then once again, I try to capture the words that only sometimes exist to express how this mother’s heart feels about her unique design. As a mother of eight sons, it’s been a long journey […]
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Potty Training: Mom of Nine Tells All
By Natalie, Editress of Visionary Womanhood Potty Training: A Necessary Evil I’ve been potty training for 16 years now (well, not me—but, you know—my kids) and have succeeded, during that time, in potty training four girls and three boys so far. I won’t tell you how much poop and pee I’ve cleaned up from walls, […]
Help! Pregnancy is Making My Body Fall Apart!
By Natalie, Editress of Visionary Womanhood I received the following e-mail recently: My husband and I are in the long slow process of changing our thinking about family size. We are currently expecting our fifth little treasure, and we are so grateful, and excited. And a little scared sometimes, too, haha. :) Our oldest is […]
Ten Criteria for Choosing Homeschool Curriculum
By Contributing Writer, Bambi Moore This is the time of year that I’m cleaning out closets, donating or swapping books with other homeschool moms, and also making purchases. As homeschoolers we are blessed to have so many options out there, but what works for one family may not work for another. Also, there are so […]
Demystifying the Institute for Excellence in Writing
By Natalie Klejwa, Editress of Visionary Womanhood Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW) Home educating mothers tend to be overwhelmed by two subjects in particular. Science and writing. OK. Upper level math too. Since I’m not much of a left-brained gal, I won’t be writing any posts about dead animal dissections or the wonders of […]
By Contributing Writer, Carmon Friedrich 25 years. We are coming up on that many years of homeschooling our children. Almost a quarter century! That’s not long enough to consider ourselves pioneers in this endeavor, but it does mean we have “seen it all” minus the persecution of the brave folks who forged a path that […]
By Contributing Writer, Kimberly@Raising Olives Four small children romp around me as I will my pregnant self to do the next thing. Two diaper changes. Four little ones dressed for the day. Breakfast for six. Wipe four small faces and eight small hands. Wash dishes. Stop to nurse the baby and change two more diapers. […]
Medical vs. Natural Childbirth: A Personal Story
By Natalie Klejwa, Editress of Visionary Womanhood Twenty years ago I was pregnant with our first baby and determined to have a mid-wife and experience pregnancy and birth in the most “natural” way possible. Nineteen weeks into the pregnancy I began to spot a little. Since I could feel the baby moving and had no […]
Eating the Placenta: A Christian Worldview Perspective
By Natalie Klejwa, Editress of Visionary Womanhood Placentophagy, the practice of eating the placenta after giving birth, is a subject of some interest among Wemmicks these days. After googling it, I only found one other “voice” out there raising the question of whether or not it is a morally viable option for those who claim […]
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