The employees are pretty cute, I think. Almost five years ago I started a little business in my home, Apple Valley Natural Soap. I learned how to make shampoo bars, and after one year of hard work I started actually turning a small profit. Five years later we have a thriving business that provides income […]
After over two years of operating Visionary Womanhood as a contributor blog where several wonderful friends have come together and collaborated around monthly themes… I have decided to fly solo. There are several reasons for this decision. First of all, our family has experienced some upheaval this year that is taking most of my emotional […]
This is last year’s family mugshot. It’s quite a feat each year to get the whole family all looking the same direction for a picture. Sometimes I’ll recycle a picture a couple of years in a row and hope nobody notices. Over at Keeper of the Home all the contributors are sharing a day in […]
This intellectually stimulating article is written by…oh never mind. It’s just me with nothing super special today – I just wanted to let my hair down a bit and tell you some stuff. Earlier this year I met this super gutsy, witty, southern gal online – and I totally fell in love with her and […]
Heading to the hospital and saying good bye to the kids By Natalie Klejwa, Editress of Visionary Womanhood David Alexander arrived at 8:33 p.m. on March 1, 2012 weighing 7 pounds 5 ounces! I thought it would be fun to share his birth story and some pictures with you, and then offer a terrific […]
First Grade Fall From Innocence This is a continuation of my testimony, and if you’d like, you can read the first part HERE. I left off with our move to a suburb of the Twin Cities when I was 7-years-old. We left a neighborhood full of kids my own age, mostly girls, and moved into […]
The purpose of this blog is to promote a Biblical worldview in all of life. It’s not a personal blog; however, I do want my posterity to be able to look through the things written here and find my heart. I used to think nobody but my children would ever be interested in reading anything […]
Do your home school days EVER go as planned? Mine do. Once or twice a year. Today was not one of those days. Wanna see one of our typical days? Here we go… "I did NOT want eggs. Now I'm going to have a BAD DAY!" "Do I HAVE to get up??? I think I'm […]
I’ve always hated wasting time. The thought of sitting and accomplishing nothing sort of repulses me. On the one hand that seems to be a good thing. I tend to fill my moments and get a lot done each day. On the other hand, I struggle more with stopping to smell the roses and enjoy […]
I’ve wrestled with how to do this post…should I tell the gory details and be a whiner? Should I make it sound glorious by highlighting the bright spots? I had a friend tell me how glorious her 9 day road trip was a few years ago…how bonding and relaxing. I think she was trying to […]
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Facebook Hissy Fits (and How to Avoid Them)
I love and hate Facebook. I love to use it for my business and this blog, and I love the handful of groups I participate in. But otherwise, I think it’s the pits. Just think about election season, for example. The season for “friends” and “followers” to put down the masks and start shooting. But […]
You’ve seen it. The arched back. The clenched fists. The scrunched up face. The flailing feet. The hideous shrieks of indignation. And all you wanted to do was put their shoes on so they could do what they wanted to do: go outside and play. They thought you wanted to torture them, because, you know, […]
Choosing Which Hills to Die On
By Contributing Writer, Molly Evert This week’s posts have touched on some hot button issues including higher education, vocation, and living “off the grid.” Unfortunately, there are no debate-ending proof texts on any of these issues that clearly tell us which choices are “the biblical ones.” In her post about college yesterday Natalie went after […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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