I wanted to share with you a couple of posts that I found to be encouraging and/or thought-provoking this past week.
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One of my new favorite blogs to read is Homekeeping Heart. This past Tuesday, Jennifer wrote the most encouraging, uplifting post about mothering that I’ve read in a long time entitled “I love my life!“
She says:
If you are looking for someone to gripe with about being “stuck at home” with kids and cooking and cleaning and laundry or to whine about the agony of pregnancy or the toil of caring for babies, you have come to the wrong place! I LOVE my life!
Hop on over there and read it. It’ll bring a smile to your face for sure.
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I’ve mentioned here on a number of occassions how much I benefit from reading Ann’s writing at her blog, Holy Experience. She often writes her posts in the form of stories, or parables – stories from her own life as the wife of a farmer and mother of 6 children. I like to share many of her stories with my daughters when the topic is one that they can grasp. One of Ann’s recent posts was one that captured their attention…and mine.
Here are PART ONE and PART TWO of the post entitled “Power Source”. I hope that it will touch your heart as it did mine as I think of the families we were placed into.
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Finally, in my Mom’s Corner article for May , Teri Maxwell gives some good food for thoughts as she answers this question from a reader:
“I was wondering if you have advice on whether or not (and how much if so) to read the news. I find it can be so discouraging to read truthfully and yet know that we should have some awareness of what is going on in the world. I’d love to hear advice on how your family manages in this area.”
I tended to agree with some of Teri’s points, especially,
Somehow, we find out about major happenings in the world, our nation, and our local community. For example, the economic crisis our country is experiencing is discussed regularly as we interact with others in our town. When there was a plane crash, it was being talked about in the checkout line at the grocery store. However, we have discovered that people don’t usually tend to discuss publicly the evil and wicked crimes that are described in detail in the news.
I’d be curious to hear what you think about this topic after you go over there and read her short article. I, too, wrote a post about this topic long ago, before I had any readers to share their thoughts with me. 
If you’d like to read it, you can find it HERE.
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Happy reading!
