As a mother of nine kids, people often ask me, “How on earth did you manage without any help? “ So I present a list of my top ten tips for a happy family life . 1. Focus on the joy of…
Just one More Award
A mere week after posting a widget pronouncing that themotherofnine9 was an award free blog I find that I cannot resist a unique one that I have never seen before. In fact I became teary when I read about this…
Tagged with: Always Here If you Need Me Award, Blog award, bloggers, blogs, emotional support, friends, Writing
Posted in Christian, healing, writing
Posted in Christian, healing, writing
Father’s Day: A Photo/ Quote Essay
Tagged with: father's day, father's day quotes. father's day photos
Posted in children, humour, parenting
Posted in children, humour, parenting
The Power of Words
Most of my suffering and turmoil is self-generated. Apparently insight is 90% of the problem but how do I change ingrained patterns of behaviour that seem automatic? All that happens when I tackle myself is that anxiety increases and…
Tagged with: Christopher Reeve, Earl Nightingale, Ethel Barrymore, Mark Twain, Maya Angelou, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Robert Louis Stevenson, Thomas Carlyle
Posted in spiritual, writing
Posted in spiritual, writing
Unseen Friends
Reblogged from Legends of Windemere: They live close to our heart Though we have never met Friends from the ether Connected by words Read off the screen Somehow we found each other And decided to hang out Creating bonds of…
Posted in large family
Remember: One Mud Bath Per Year
Ah, farm life. Fresh air, plenty of room for children to run and play safely with a kind of freedom that is not possible in modern cities. Our children played more like children of generations past, building forts, scooping up minnows, catching…
Tagged with: Garden, Kids, laughter, Mud bath, Vegetable
Posted in children, hobby farm, large family
Posted in children, hobby farm, large family
Our Dogs Had Personality Disorders
We often took in animals, usually dogs, who were suffering in the city. There was overweight, depressed Buster, a Springer Spaniel, languishing in a garage during the day and crated during the night. Opposite in temperament, a German Short-Haired Pointer…
Smile Mum
When he saw my Facebook page, Shaun Gibson from Looking for reasoning to a complicated world, sent me a funny meme “Can you stop being so brilliant..”. It made me laugh, not just smile because I feel anything but brilliant yet it…
Living a Shadow Life
The worst possible fate for me would be to die and discover that I had lived an existence similar to the allegory described in Plato’s Cave. Plato describes man’s condition as similar to living chained in a cave, looking at…
Tagged with: Allegory of the Cave, Christian, Plato, Religion and Spirituality
Posted in Christian, spiritual
Posted in Christian, spiritual
Yun Yi at Art Journal
An Early Pastel Landscape Yun Yi at Art Journal - Fall, 7×11, pastel, 2003
More Fun and Games with Awards
I have once again taken great liberties with these awards- not out of disrespect but because mu poor brain cannot handle trying to figure out who should receive which award. The list is at the bottom of this post and…
Well-Loved Animals
Michael and I love animals almost as much as we love kids. That love has been a powerful source of energy that has transformed animals and children into confidant, intelligent beings with strong, unique personalities. We believe that kids need to…
Tagged with: Guard dog, Guinea Pigs, Livestock, Pet
Posted in Animals & Pets, humour, Kids, large family
Posted in Animals & Pets, humour, Kids, large family
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