I’ll be 47 in November. My last baby was born a little over a year ago when I was 45. I nursed him until about two months ago, so my cycle was absent all last year due to nursing. But now it is absent for a new, unfamiliar (to me) reason. The Change. So I’ve […]
By Contributing Writer, Tyanne Baby-Led Weaning Introduction Nourishing our children is a task I can safely say mothers do not take lightly. I have memories of my own mother looking at me in horror as I left for school without eating breakfast—as if I had ripped out her heart and stomped on it. To this day I hear worry […]
Written by Natalie, Editress of Visionary Womanhood The following journal entries were written in November-December 2006 during a brief pregnancy that I ultimately lost. This was my third of five losses—and my ninth pregnancy. November 15, 2006 I found out yesterday that I am pregnant! I don’t know why—but I feel the favor of God […]
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 6.5, so we are still in […]
This week some of our terrific contributors contributed…LINKS! Here are some articles on THEIR blogs that deal with this subject of HEALTH: You may think that pregnancy just wears you down, but did you know that in some ways, pregnancy actually contributes to good health? Find out how to make homemade chicken broth in a […]
By Contributing Writer, Tyanne The basic message of the prosperity gospel is this: Abundant faith in God will result in abundant material & physical blessings on this earth. Christian leaders like Kenneth Copeland, Creflo Dollar, Joel Osteen, and T.D. Jakes are promising health, wealth, and happiness to all those who are able to generate enough faith, control […]
By Natalie, Editress of Visionary Womanhood Paying the Price I’ve never really struggled with my weight. Oh sure, after a pregnancy I need to lose some serious poundage, but by the time each of my nine babies were one, I was back to my pre-pregnancy weight of 125 pounds. Nothing to complain about, and I’m […]
Why does exercise matter? Find out what John Piper thinks in this 5 minute podcast. {Tip: when you go to the link, click on the sound wave at the top of the page to get the podcast to start. It took me 5 minutes to figure that out. I hope to spare you the pain.} […]
Everything The entire world revolves around Him. Just because that ancient Wemmick, Plato, philosophized that the sacred and the secular, the immaterial and the material, were completely separate entities, doesn’t mean it’s true. But Wemmicks have been living split lives as a result ever since. (Learn more in the fascinating book, Total Truth.) You know…we’ve […]
Do you know what Mama Cloth is? Find out by hopping over to Keeper of the Home where I write about my recent Mama Cloth adventures and give a review of four different Mama Cloth businesses. It’s interesting. I promise.
