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5 Prayers for When You Feel Out of Place
There are seasons when belonging feels fragile. Maybe you’re the new one in the room, trying to make small talk that feels anything but small. Maybe you’re in a season of change, with a new job, new town, or new church, and your heart is aching for home. Or...
Strawberry Bone Broth Popsicles
[wprm-recipe-jump id=”5100″] Believe it or not, not every freezer mishap ends in disappointment. Sometimes, they spark something unexpectedly creative. Something that gets your brain turning and makes you step back and say, “Well, that turned out better than I thought!” That’s exactly what happened when a container of bone...
Lesson from a Lilac Bush
When I walked through the door, I could smell them before I saw them. Lilacs — jars full of the cut blooms overflowed on the kitchen table. I inhaled deeply, one of my favorite fragrances and, because of this, one of my favorite flowers. My children had been cutting...
Traveling Back in Time: How to Inspire a 90’s Summer in 2024
Summers during childhood are magical. I know I look fondly back on mine even though it wasn’t anything fancy. I’m convinced that my kids will look back on their childhood summers joyfully with little intervention from me. Spending hours outside playing in the sunshine, exercising their wild imaginations, running...
The Simplest Way to Preserve Farm Fresh Eggs
It’s the time of year again when our chickens are in full egg-production mode and baskets overflowing with eggs are taking over our kitchen counter. Selling them here and there is fun and giving them away to friends and family is a sweet gesture. Just don’t forget to preserve...
Braciole Recipe
This delicious recipe came to me at the perfect time, solving both problems I was actively thinking through. I was looking for a new cozy, fall recipe–one that was more unique than beef stew or chili. I also had a lot of flank steak and skirt steak to use...
4 Simple and Easy Products for Watering the Garden
One of the biggest challenges to starting a garden is figuring out how to water it. It takes a lot of trial and error, no matter how much research and preparation you do ahead of time. The following setup allows me the flexibility to figure it out as I...
Slow Cooker Pulled Pork
Slow cooker pulled pork is a very easy recipe that is delicious and low maintenance. It can be customized easily according to what you already have in your pantry or to accommodate the taste buds of the others eating it with you. It can be made into multiple meals...
Wild and Unruly Part 2
“Wild and unruly” are the words I’ve been mulling over for over a year. They come from a line in one of my favorite songs as a teenager, Cowboy Take Me Away by The Chicks. Brett tossed the words at me as a joke, a way of describing our...
Wild and Unruly Part 1
“You asked for this!” Brett said to me. I don’t remember the exact absurdity that was happening at that moment. With four small children and a farm full of animals, among other things, there is always a degree of chaos in our lives. It’s our baseline. The overwhelm can...
5 Things I Learned When I Let My Daughter Use My Camera
“Mama, can I take some pictures?” my five-year-old quietly asked me. Normally my answer is no to this question. Under normal circumstances, there is just too much chaos going on at all times to trust one of my children with my iPhone. This time was different. We were out...
Spring Into Action
“Spring is the time of plans and projects.” Leo Tolstoy From a practical standpoint, it makes sense that when spring arrives the days get longer and it’s time to start working on projects. But the To Do List has a different energy and motivation during springtime. It’s inspiring to...
Hey there! I'm Jessica.
Wife to an entrepreneur. Mother to four young children. Nurse for almost two decades. I’m so excited to share my thoughts about faith, family, food, and the farm with you. Here we go!
