A Quiet Simple Life with Sallie Borrink
Cozy and Simple Living, Homeschooling, Faith, Homemaking, & Books
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Last year I wrote a series of posts called Raising Gifted Children in the Christian Faith (first post here and all posts here). If you haven’t read that series, I encourage you to read it first because this post about discipling children will make much more sense in that context. Discipling Children in Christ In …
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We don’t do Santa. It was a very deliberate choice. In fact, it was a choice David and I made before we ever had a child. For us, it came down to the exact same reason my parents did not do Santa with my brother and me when I was a little girl. It is …
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Christmas is a time when each family enjoys its unique traditions. While some Christmas traditions are passed on from generation to generation, others are born out of a desire to do something new and meaningful. Here are some ideas for creating your own Christmas traditions. Christmas Traditions for Your Family Read aloud a Christmas book …
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I’ve written before at length about our long experience with childlessness. I know from personal experience that for many couples dealing with infertility, holidays can be tough. Mother’s Day and Father’s Day most readily come to mind. But Christmas would also rank very high on that list. For the couple without children, Christmas can present …
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Nine years ago today, this beautiful young lady made me a mommy. Caroline was the answer to many, many years of prayers, hoping, and tears. Caroline is a creative, funny, imaginative little girl who brings laughter to our home many times every day. The name we felt led to choose for her, Caroline Elisabeth, means …
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May 11 is an official holiday in our home! We celebrate It’s a Girl! Day to commemorate finding out via ultrasound that we were at very long last expecting a girl. We had prayed specifically for a daughter all of those years and were a mixture of joy and tears when the technician told us …
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Belonging to the body of Christ can be one of the most wonderful aspects of our lives. And belonging to a church can truly be one of the most difficult or even worst parts of our experience on earth. In this age of interconnectedness, our belonging to the body of Christ isn’t just limited to …
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Some of the most difficult decisions David and I have had to make as a couple in our eighteen years together has been breaking off unhealthy relationships. We are both wired to try to live at peace with other people. We strongly dislike conflict. Conflict is like physical poison to me. David and I have …
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I admit that I struggle to maintain regular prayer times. I send up many quick prayers for help throughout the day on a regular basis so my thoughts are never far from God and my need for His presence and help. We pray before each meal and with Caroline at bedtime. And we pray as …
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Listening is a skill that we must develop. Unless we are deaf for some reason, we all hear. But very few people become skilled listeners. I remember teaching the twelve students in my first classroom how to listen. I created activities to do with them that required them to listen and process information carefully. This …
