Warning: transparency ahead. I pray it’s not too much. I had become more and more prone to self-pity, resulting in less joy, more frustration and a constant feeling of being …

Postpartum life is not as fun at 43 than I remember at a younger age. (Although having a little baby in the house is!) But the upside is that I’ve …

Homeschooling is a lot of wonderful things, but sometimes it can be confusing, even for (especially for) veteran moms, staring at the ocean of curricula, the endless teaching possibilities, and …

We are so excited and grateful to the Lord for the arrival of Zane Emory! After heading toward the hospital Sunday night around 11, contractions let up and we turned …

Ever since I taught in a high school classroom, I have felt that something was inherently wrong with the way we teach. But I still came home, fourteen years ago to …

It has taken me thirty-two years (I’m 43 now. I wrote this a few years ago.) to really grasp the literal meaning of God’s Word being:  “powerful as a two-edged sword, …

  And it happens a lot. For a long time, I tried to have a clever answer for the jaw-dropping, invasive probing into my fertility… “Are you going to have …

  I’m over at Redeeming Childbirth, reaching out to moms who are struggling, whether with pregnancy or other life matters. I think you’ll want to read Dear Mama, Your Suffering …

Fiercely Devoted, Love Mom is all the best, most-loved and shared articles from 8 years of archives here at Generation Cedar. I’ve done the work and put them all in …

It’s hard for me to understand how the masses became convinced that motherhood was a “peripheral” job. In an interview I recently had, I concluded: Being a wife and mother …

I personally love to come across a cheap and easy meal (I’m partial to the one or two dish kind), especially here in my late pregnancy where simplifying life is …

I have some new year’s goals. Really, they are the same goals I’ve always had. I just seem to be very bad at keeping them. Habits die hard and for …

For eight years, I’ve been writing to women, from my heart, about the joys and challenges of motherhood, homeschooling, marriage and all things home. In these archives there are gems …

“Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.”-Zig Ziglar This philosophy is universal, but it sure does resonate with this mother. My main new year’s resolution is …