by Michele-Lyn Ault | Apr 11, 2012 | Parenting
She digs in her heals and sets her face like flint, with this tenacious spirit she has — God will use. She is diligent and responsible. She is my most studious one. She loves deeply. She excels at anything she attempts, and succeeds at anything she puts her hand...
by Michele-Lyn Ault | Feb 27, 2012 | Counting 1000 Gifts, Parenting
As a mama, it is my greatest joy to witness my family loving one another. Even so, I fail to be their example, at times. I still have days where my volcano named control awakens and exasperation erupts and spews ruinous molten lava in words spoken towards an...
by Michele-Lyn Ault | Jan 25, 2012 | Counting 1000 Gifts, Parenting
She wakes early. She’s got an early Friday morning class. It’s her first day of the second semester of her dual enrollment in college early. She is a young woman now, but that doesn’t stop me from calling out, “What’s number one?”...
by Michele-Lyn Ault | Jan 24, 2012 | Parenting
I read the words that I believe are going to help me make them better. He gave me these children, and as if He does not know, I spout, “See, this is what is wrong with them. Help me so I can fix them.” But as I’m reading this book, looking for the...
by Michele-Lyn Ault | Jan 15, 2012 | Parenting
It was a tough day. Toddler was so very cranky and another child member of the family, was in a rare form that left me shaking my head. I am feeling like a bit of a failure today. I am just about to get ready for bed and my eldest daughter, who is homeschooled and in...
by Michele-Lyn Ault | Jan 12, 2012 | Parenting
As a homeschooling mama, with an infinite amount of knowledge I can choose for my children to acquire and a plethora of resources available to me, one of the questions that I ask myself daily is… “When my children leave home as adults, what do I REALLY...
