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Ordinary work, which is what most of us do most of the time, is ordained by God every bit as much as is the extraordinary. All work done for God is spiritual work and therefore not merely a duty but a holy privilege.
- Elisabeth Elliot

Framily, HomeLife, Mosely Ella Claiborne

love. via sour dough bread.

I love my kids. But that’s nothing unusual – right? Moms love their kids. It’s kind of our job. But you know what is extra special and humbling and wonderful?…

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Field Trip

Guatemala: Day Two

(Will you be patient with me if these posts take weeks?) It’s another senior season of BUSY. My first baby boy is about to graduate and I cannot allow myself…

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HomeSchooling

Should I Stop Homeschooling?

For years I’ve said a handful of absolutes about my homeschooling experience. (I do like to speak in absolutes, although I am working hard to remove them from my vernacular.…

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  • HomeLife

    that magic moment

    / December 19, 2022

    Imagine you live in a place where snow is a rarity. Say, South Carolina, for example. And you somehow missed the news of the potential snow and the mad dash of Southerners to grab up every loaf of bread and gallon of milk as if we might actually be trapped in our homes by the snow. So there you are.…

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    friday afternoon thoughts.

    February 17, 2023

    These Is My Words: A Book Review

    November 4, 2019
    Let's Start Coding

    Let’s Start Coding: A Timberdoodle Review

    September 16, 2022
  • Affiliate,  HomeSchooling

    The Nomadic Professor: A Timberdoodle Review

    / December 15, 2022

    You know the routine. This is a sponsored post. I received this product at no cost to test and to review. But that’s the end. The words and thoughts and opinions are completely my own. _________________ Just like ALL of my own life, homeschooling has shifted and changed in the seasons of our family’s life. I only have older students…

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    Guatemala: Day One

    March 1, 2023

    five finds friday (the worst jeans you’ll ever see, Otto says something funny and Dolly is the best)

    February 19, 2021

    Why The Success of Your Marriage Matters to My Kids

    April 17, 2017
  • HomeLife,  Keiglets

    five finds friday: dutch babies & my babies all grown

    / December 2, 2022

    It’s Friday and it’s already December and I guess that is just how it’s going. Our tree is up – about a week early, breaking Keigley tradition in order to be sure London could decorate with us. But I have liked having the cheerful lights and the happy ornaments in the living room for an extra week. It’s been so…

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    The Right Word.

    July 20, 2021

    five finds friday. (apple season is the best. and more.)

    August 16, 2019

    The Deal With Me & Low Cost Flights

    November 24, 2022
  • Affiliate,  Field Trip

    The Deal With Me & Low Cost Flights

    / November 24, 2022

    I love a deal. And I love an adventure. It seems I find myself talking about this website where I find both an awful lot so I figured a post about it was maybe overdue. Going is a website. It’s like a clearinghouse for low-cost flight deals. You do not purchase any tickets directly from Going. Here’s what you do:…

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    friday afternoon thoughts.

    February 17, 2023

    in between. it’s hard to be a teen. (and a teen’s momma.)

    April 24, 2019

    making music (and art) accessible

    February 10, 2020
  • HomeLife

    Thanksgiving Tables …

    / November 21, 2022

    It’s Thanksgiving week and we all know it’s a FASSSSSSSSSSTTTTTTTT roll right on to January from here on out. But it’s Thanksgiving this week so let’s focus on that. I’ve got my college girl home and we’ve got our family Thanksgiving dinner this week and every single Keigley kid will be together at one table at one time and that…

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    Weekend Ramble: Les Mis, A Kitten & Daylight Savings Time

    March 9, 2020
    Gatsby

    Five Finds Friday (puppy. black leggings. muu muus. apple cider.)

    November 12, 2021

    going dark . . .

    June 24, 2019
  • HomeLife

    Stages & Seasons: From Diapers to Dissatisfaction

    / November 16, 2022

    There was the season of diapers. Remember that? It was almost an ENTIRE DECADE at my house. I cannot even believe that. For nearly ten years of my life I was in charge of checking for poop, wiping poop, cleaning poop et cetera ad nausem. Now I live in a frat teen house. Teens are everywhere. More accurately, the teens…

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    These Is My Words: A Book Review

    November 4, 2019

    The Nomadic Professor: A Timberdoodle Review

    December 15, 2022

    books that work their own magic.

    March 5, 2019
  • HomeLife

    This Age.

    / November 15, 2022

    Ryder and I are the same age, apparently. He in dog years and me in people years. We’re both fans of slow moving and it seems like we spend our days switching from one spot to the next throughout the house. He to rest and nap and me to write and read and work. I went out to eat recently…

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    sunday matters.

    April 13, 2020

    Five Finds Friday (last first day, a giant sweatshirt and tomatoes)

    August 14, 2020

    five finds friday. (apple season is the best. and more.)

    August 16, 2019
  • HomeLife

    Oh hi. It’s me.

    / November 12, 2022

    To quote Taylor Swift and every IG reel and every teenage girl and shoot, most all humans lately – It’s me. Hi. I’m the problem. I like to sigh and roll my eyes and tease my kids, particularly one dear son, about his high levels of distractions, but honestly – I am no different. I have to make lists with…

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    an ode to not making time to write: and it’s not okay

    October 31, 2019

    five finds friday (bits & pieces)

    March 27, 2020

    spring madness. it has descended upon us.

    April 21, 2021
  • Let's Start Coding
    Affiliate,  HomeSchooling,  Product Review

    Let’s Start Coding: A Timberdoodle Review

    / September 16, 2022

    This is a sponsored post. I received this item from Timberdoodle in exchange for an honest review. These thoughts and these words and these opinions are, as always on this page and in real and regular life, all completely and totally my own.  _____________________________ Every homeschooling family I’ve ever met has a “speciality”, if you know what I mean. While some magical…

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    Five Finds Friday (jewelry, ridiculous emails & oranges)

    January 25, 2019

    five finds friday (avett. curl cream. views.)

    September 25, 2020

    Snap.Shot.

    July 14, 2022
  • HomeLife

    Snap.Shot.

    / July 14, 2022

    How’s it going around here these days? Well. Today I came home from a stacked day full of meetings and a podcast recording and errands and being sure this kid went to that house and that kid conquered that chore and one kid at camp and I don’t even know what else. I was wrapping up my last meeting of…

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    The July Grove Collaborative Giveaway

    July 11, 2017

    My Friend Mary & The Beauty of Showing Up

    April 23, 2019

    five finds friday (lemon trees, Noonday parties, toasters, homemade mittens)

    February 7, 2020
  • HomeLife

    To Those of Us Graduating Kids This Spring

    / May 16, 2022

    This is an open letter to moms with seniors this year. And to dads too, I guess. Actually – how about this is a letter to just to ALL the people who love anyone who is graduating this spring. There – we can ALL have permissions to feel the feelings. It is a LOT! It is everything and it is…

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    five finds friday: dutch babies & my babies all grown

    December 2, 2022
    Timberdoodle

    Film Making Class: A Timberdoodle Review

    August 28, 2021

    parenting blues

    February 26, 2019
  • HomeLife

    Five Finds Friday: The British Edition

    / February 18, 2022

    Well hello there. It’s been a while. Recently London and I “opened” her high school graduation gift, many many months delayed. A trip to London, England. I have SO many words to write SO much. (And you can bet they are words like fancy and loo and queuing and charlatan.) But it seemed a fun way to start digging into…

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    Five Finds Friday (earrings – of course. more about eggs – I’m sorry. and a film that’s beautiful.)

    September 27, 2019

    going dark . . .

    June 24, 2019
    sunset

    Time is not my enemy.

    November 9, 2021
  • Gatsby
    HomeLife

    Five Finds Friday (puppy. black leggings. muu muus. apple cider.)

    / November 12, 2021

    All week long this country song has been playing in my head. “I’m much too young to feel this damn old.” Yes. funny We visited Denver Downs, a family farm with pumpkins, a corn maze and more, this week with friends and had a really great time exploring the farm and enjoying its quirky and fun and creative play options.…

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    how do you do it?

    September 4, 2019

    Five Finds Friday (a whole lot of photos)

    November 6, 2020

    mid-week ramble. is that a thing?

    September 3, 2020
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