Reflections
Happy Birthday Ruthie
There is a quote that has lived on our refrigerator for the last several years. I don’t put a lot of things up on my fridge. I usually reserve the space for Bible verses I am working on memorizing, or quotes, or…
The Hopkins Family Journal
Faith, family, and the sweet and the simple.
A mother’s journal of raising little ones for Christ — the ordinary mornings, the tender questions, and the quiet lessons hidden in a home full of small hands and hearts.
“Sever any tie, but the tie that binds me to thyself.”
A prayer we have long kept on the refrigerator.
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Reflections written along the way — a few minutes of honesty from the middle of motherhood.
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Family
When more gives you less
I love Christmas. Truly, there isn’t one thing about it that I don’t love. I remember as a child loving all of it as well. Most of all, I loved the Christmas tree. Every year I looked forward to going out to the…
Family
Brown Hair and All…
“Mommy, when is my hair going to be golden? I wish I was as pretty as a princess.” And so it begins. For 6 years, my sweet girl has lived in a world free from the evil of comparisons. She lived in a place where…
Family
King and Snails
King Landon, while getting dressed for church, looked at himself in the mirror and said, “I look like a king!”. Then he put his hands in his pockets, turned and looked at me with a big smile and said, “Look Dad, I…
Family
Lost and Found
Sometimes I get lost. I get lost while driving to yet another random event. I get lost in my head, thinking of all the things that I have to do that day. I get lost in the mounds of school books, the mounds of…
Family
When it is time to step outside of the bubble
Everyday it is so tempting to live inside my bubble. Temperature-controlled, attitude- controlled, volume-controlled, this home is my place of rest and refuge. In here it is cozy, it is safe. Here I am free to…
Family
The girl with the eyes
I brush the hair out of her face, because I love to look into her eyes. I remember the moment I first caught glimpse of the girl with the light blue eyes, framed with the thick blanket of lashes. Squished tight…
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Servants of Christ, happy homeschoolers, lovers of little hands, feet and hearts, appreciators of the sweet and the simple.
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