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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, [...]

Pregnancy is Good For You

By Contributing Writer, Kelly Crawford Growing a person is hard. As I sit here at the age of 40, hobbling down the home stretch with baby number 10, I can testify. But hard work isn’t the same as a sickness, like many treat pregnancy. In fact, I’ve often heard “too old to have a baby,” [...]

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 [...]

Accepting The Season of Menopause

By Contributing Writer, Terry Covey A Variety of Suffering This month’s topic on suffering makes me feel a bit odd writing about menopause.  There is the intense suffering that comes from the loss of a loved one, such as in the Connecticut shootings.  And I have watched several family and friends deal with the incredible [...]

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 [...]

When Husband Says “No” To More Children

By Contributing Writer, Kim Doebler How does a mom who believes that children are a blessing from the Lord, end up with only four children? By being right where God wants me to be! It hasn’t been easy, but it is where God has me. When Todd and I married in 1986, we talked about [...]

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 [...]