Quick Lit + April 2026

This month’s reviews include some mediocre books as well as a couple that are favorites of the year. I can’t wait to share my thoughts, so let’s get right to those reviews! ...

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On Bird Feeders and Funny Family Memories (and what they are teaching me about trusting the Lord)

When I was a junior in high school, our family spent spring break on a cruise through the Caribbean. This was back in the days when spring break was tied to Easter, ...

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Lately || March 2026

I always look forward to the appearance of bluebonnets in mid-March, and it’s usually one the highlights of my year. Sapphire buds appear over night, tiny droplets of blue pooling into floral ...

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Our Personal Savior

This year, instead of reading through the full Bible in 365 days1 as I’ve done for the last few years, I am taking a slow-and-steady approach through just the New Testament, using ...

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What Have We Lost?

Our field trip group gathered on the rough-hewn porch of the 1850s homestead, kids sprawled across the stairs with moms huddled behind them to hear the presentation. Our guide, who looked as ...

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Surviving the Spring Slump

This week is spring break for the schools in our area. Our family took an early spring break to coincide with my parents’ visit two weeks ago, but I won’t lie: another ...

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Quick Lit + March 2026

I read a wide variety of books this month, with varying success. There was plenty of loss and heartache in these stories, with some glimmers of hope sprinkled in. Let’s jump into ...

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A Myth of Homeschooling (and how we REALLY spend our time)

I think that one of the biggest myths around homeschooling is that homeschool moms spend forty hours per week around a table or engaged in other “educational” activities with our children. I ...

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42 Favorites to Name and to Love

We all have favorites, whether we admit to them or not. I can’t begin to explain the science behind why we have the preferences that we do, but a quick Google search ...

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Lately || February 2026

In my experience, February is usually a pretty slumpy month with icky weather and not much on the calendar. Well, this year my February was the opposite of slumpy. Our weather has ...

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