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I'm Carrie, an everyday Christ follower, wife, momma, & homeschool curriculum author. I love chips and salsa, llamas and hot pink makes me smile, and no matter how hard I try we just can't get a picture with all of our eyes open. But that's ok because I love the closed-eyed giggles that come with life!
As a working and homeschooling mom, I have a passion for finding ways to keep everyday motherhood and homeschooling simple.
the thing about pearls
Pearls of course find their birth in an invasion, generally a parasite or irritant. Something the oyster did not ask for, or likely want. I can so identify with that. Yet, the very beginning of what we call beautiful and valuable is something that should not be.
why the everyday matters
Have you been in that spot of vision-less existence? Where the day-in and day-out steal your passion and the demands of life blind you to purpose?
formulas belong in math, not parenting
I think we all long for control. And as moms, we all long for that special formula that will give us the results we so desire. The little years are exhausting (can I get an amen?), but there is something in them that eases my tired heart: control.