A woman’s life-work is HARD. Period. I submit to you that one of the most important things we can do to remain vigilant as wives and mothers is to encourage …

Twenty-four hours–that’s all you get. Time is our most valuable commodity. We not only have a limited number of hours per day, but we are only given a limited number …

How can I be a good steward of God gives me and still live with simplicity? We all know that more stuff is more complicated. But what of our good …

There is so much irony in prosperity. Prosperity is often the enemy of simplicity. Prosperity easily breeds apathy. And as it relates to our stuff, it creates in us a …

Simplicity. Ahhhh….we all want it, or say we do. So much that the word itself has become overused, trite and meaningless. Do you know what it really means? Do you …

“Lord, I want to be a wife who causes her husband to flourish, and a mother who causes her children to grow.” This was my earnest prayer after weeks of …

PROGRESS! It’s a beautiful thing! (See what happened here, here or here if you’re new to Generation Cedar.) Just wanted to share an update with so many of you who …

  “Instead of duplicating the only method we knew regarding how to “do school”, we backed up and began to ask ourselves the simple question:“What is education”? In order to …

Behold the power of the Almighty… It says “house”, but only the foundations are left. “When the whirlwind passes…the righteous has an everlasting foundation.” Proverbs 10:25 Notice the trees…if you …

“We are not raising workers or consumers for the materialistic state, but souls that will live forever in paradise. Poetry. Drama. Art. Music. These are the skills of the lady …

Perhaps you are aware of the importance of holding your babies close and the developmental advantages to that, but you may not be aware how easy The Moby Wrap makes …

What’s it like in your home, when no one but your family is there?  Is there a “sweet aroma of kindness” wafting through the air, or is it more often …

“They’re on food stamps.  There is NO way to raise that many children without government assistance.” This was the statement someone made to other people, about our family–someone we actually …

(Continued from Part 3) I stared into the night.  Most of my children were asleep.  Some of the sweet, older girls with us held one here, helped another there.  I …