by Marissa | Oct 29, 2014 | 2014, DiscoveringSpirit, Faith, Image-Update, Life, Uncategorised
We’ve had a lot going on lately and my head often feels like it’s spinning with the renovations that are on a deadline, homeschooling, animals, yard work and house work. Plus I often like to think that I can do more than I already can’t get done so I...
by Marissa | Dec 21, 2013 | 2013, Advent, DiscoveringSpirit, Faith, Image-Update, Uncategorised
This morning, I walked through snow up to my knees to gather the greens for Christmas decorating. I could hear the laughs and calls of my three precious girls playing in the snow with their daddy before he left for work. I found a perfect little tree for the girls to...
by Marissa | Dec 9, 2013 | 2013, Advent, DiscoveringSpirit, GrowingFamily, Image-Update, Uncategorised
Jesus replied… “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. “You heard me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’” John 14:27 & 28 This...
by Marissa | Nov 28, 2013 | 2013, Advent, DiscoveringSpirit, Faith, GuestPost, Image-Update, Uncategorised
Photo Credit: Dan Froese Photography Several years ago as we were beginning our little family, how we would celebrate Christmas was part of many discussions. We wanted to establish traditions that celebrated the coming of the Messiah and the gift of his birth. At the...
by Marissa | Oct 25, 2013 | 2013, 31 Dayers 2013, 31 days 2013, DiscoveringSpirit, Faith, Image-Update, Life, Uncategorised
We were out collecting acorns to make acorn coffee, which is a whole other story, and the girls were running like little squirrels to fill their baskets. Before too long, Aneliese dropped her basket at the base of the oak tree and began scurrying up the...
by Marissa | Apr 1, 2013 | 2013, DiscoveringSpirit, Image-Update, Uncategorised
*The sun seemed to be dancing and gleaming and bounding across the sky, racing with her and shining brighter than she could ever remember in the clear, fresh air. And it seemed to her that morning, as she ran, almost as if the whole world had been made anew, almost as...