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I Can Do All Things

by Kirstin Ricketts | Oct 16, 2019 | Faith Matters, Home Sweet Home, The Blog

Momming…most of my best ideas come from watching other moms and thinking, “Oooooh that. I’m going to do that too.” The simple, repeatable building blocks that we can copy and emulate…matter My son’s preschool teacher did this with her daughters – they would...

Build Your Home Well

by Melissa Cheatham | Oct 15, 2019 | Family, Home Sweet Home, The Blog

I think most of us would agree that raising kids and building a family in our world today can be pretty challenging. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night thinking through something with my kids, and I pray for wisdom to make the right decision. There is a...

My Daughter’s Miracle

by Kirstin Ricketts | Sep 20, 2019 | Faith Matters, Home Sweet Home, The Blog

I would want to share her story because I have seen our God, who can do anything, do the miraculous. It wasn’t a coincidence, and it wasn’t lucky. It was purely the reckless love of our God intersecting our lives in a way that I would want you to know about because...

Anything

by Kirstin Ricketts | Sep 12, 2019 | Home Sweet Home, The Blog

As we drove to school, our kids laid out their “this is who I want to be when I grow up” list. Year after year, Henry always wants to be a pilot. Graham wants to be a football player. Samantha had a massive wave of personal growth this past year and has upgraded from...

The Secret To Everything

by Kirstin Ricketts | Aug 26, 2019 | All The Things, Faith Matters, Home Sweet Home, The Blog

The apple tree in our yard is growing baby apples. They are only a little bit bigger than grapes, and the kids have been picking them just to see if they can pallet the sour taste. Hoisted in the air on their friend’s shoulders they reached up high into the...

Fly Little One

by Kirstin Ricketts | Aug 14, 2019 | All The Things, Home Sweet Home, The Blog

Fly little one, Run in and see the excitement ahead. Lunch and recess, Funny jokes to be said. Things to learn and friends to make, Letters to write and pictures to paint. Books to read and stories to tell, Of things that went right…and some not so well. ...