Unpacking The ATI / IBLP Baggage Posted on March 5, 2014March 6, 2014 By pamela What I’m writing about these days isn’t sensational and isn’t unique to me. It’s not isolated and it’s not rare — at least not in homeschool and/or conservative Christian circles. It’s probably going on all over the place to one degree or another. Most everyone who’s been caught up in… Read more
the comforting hedge Posted on February 22, 2014February 24, 2014 By pamela Four months ago I began the THM journey and what amazes me is how simple it’s been to stay the course with no intention or temptation to quit or get it over with. I’ve never stayed with a plan in my life—but that’s not to say I’ve not tried a… Read more
so many THM resources Posted on February 21, 2014February 23, 2014 By pamela There are so many Trim Healthy Mama resources to give you all the tools you need to succeed in changing your eating lifestyle and find “your trim” or you level of healthy weight and energy. Along with all that, you’ll see that all these resources will give you ample instruction,… Read more
Valentines ♥ Day Posted on February 10, 2014 By pamela Have you been making plans for Valentines Day? Are you looking for some ideas? Well, for the last couple of years I’ve occasionally pinned some ideas on my Pinterest – Valentines Day – page and have been reviewing some of them this morning — so many great ideas, so little… Read more
THM… so much hope Posted on November 9, 2013November 9, 2013 By pamela As I press on, on the THM (Trim Healthy Mama) journey, I have so much hope. I have so much hope bcz I’m so not alone and I’m so not seeing this as a diet but a different way of approaching health and nutrition. I say this bcz I’ve experienced… Read more
Discipline… THM Posted on November 6, 2013November 9, 2013 By pamela It seems to me that nothing spotlights the will or the flesh quite like discipline. I’ve found (yet again) that I surely relate well to the Biblical passage regarding the willing spirit and weak flesh. Though that passage doesn’t necessarily relate to undisciplined eating, it does relate to the flesh… Read more
Beginning the THM Journey Posted on November 4, 2013November 9, 2013 By pamela As I’ve begun the THM (Trim Healthy Mama) journey, I’m surprised how easy it has been to change my eating *lifestyle* bcz, seriously, food is a lifestyle with me — and I know it is very much so for many other mamas. Food speaks volumes for most mamas… it says,… Read more
♫ Green Shoe Studio Posted on September 25, 2013 By pamela In celebration of marriage, I want to share this beautiful story. It’s a precious testimony of long love… a story of a man missing his wife, his precious wife of seventy-five years… which he says was a dream. From Green Shoe Studio: A Letter from Fred Read more
Treading where… Posted on April 28, 2013April 29, 2013 By pamela I wanted to go back and grab a couple of entries…. I’m linking back to these to show just how far society has gone in just a very short time. In light of one of Voddie Baucham’s keynotes at the Christian Heritage Homeschool Conference this past weekend: ‘ Gay is… Read more
Chore sticks… Posted on April 28, 2013April 28, 2013 By pamela A clean home is a happy home. I know, I know, if ever there was a guilt inducing statement, that is it! But, seriously, think with me for a moment… consider some of the very best homemaker feelings/accomplishments. Doesn’t a ship-shape-top-to-bottom tidy give you a great feeling? How about a… Read more