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Fresh Voices and Perspectives at Keeper of the Home

August 9, 2010

Welcome back! Have you visited our new site, Saving Naturally, where we help you live healthy and spend less?
I love writing at Keeper of the Home. It has been a delight for me to be able to share daily these past (almost) 3 years, on topics like natural living, nutrition and real food, faith, [...]

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Even Real Food Bloggers Get the Blues (and How to Keep Nutrition Up in Busy, Stressful Seasons)

July 30, 2010

For me, one of the most important aspects of blogging is being real. Being transparent. Admitting that I'm not a superwoman, and that just like the rest of you, I deal with the regular ups and downs of life as a mom, wife and homemaker.
Sometimes life flows along merrily. Other seasons are so much more [...]

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Learning to Live With Less

April 20, 2010
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In a little over two months, our family will be moving to a new abode.
This move is exciting for a number of reasons. The new house has more bedrooms and will allow us to have a girls bedroom and a boys bedroom (yes, we only have one boy so far, but we hope to have [...]

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An Update on Our GAPS Diet and Related Q&A

March 5, 2010
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Last week I shared why our family is doing the GAPS diet and what it is all about.
We actually began this Monday morning. We haven't seen any amazing results come out of the first 4 days, but we are definitely noticing some die-off symptoms from the toxins being released (so far, only mild, but it's [...]

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I’m Going to Blissdom, Y’all!

February 2, 2010
Blissdom Conference ~ Nashville ~ February 4-6 2010

In two short days, I board a plane to go and do something I would have never imagined that I would do a year or two ago... I'm going to a blog conference!
I'm headed to Nasvhille, TN where I will be attending Blissdom '10 and I cannot even begin to tell you how excited I [...]

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Family Update

January 16, 2010

Thank you all for your kind words and your prayers! I put out a tweet on Thursday saying that my husband had been released from the hospital Wednesday evening, but there simply hasn't been time for a blog post until now and I'm sure many of you have been waiting for an update.
Ryan is doing [...]

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Seasons of Difficulty

January 14, 2010

As I wrote yesterday's post about our HOPE in the midst of trial, I was reminded of a series of posts that I wrote two years ago in response to our journey through my husband's cancer diagnosis and treatments. I thought they seemed relevant and timely considering where we're at this week, so I thought [...]

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Hope in the Midst of Trial

January 12, 2010

It's been a long, hard day. Today was the second day that my husband has been in the hospital, and at this point, we do not know when he will be coming home. Life since Friday has been a fairly exhausting mix of his illness, much work to be done (my own, as well as [...]

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Merry Christmas!

December 23, 2009
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Wishing you and your family a blessed Christmas, as you celebrate the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. To Christ be all the glory this Christmas season. What a great Savior we serve!

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Almost-Christmas Ramblings

December 22, 2009
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Just a few thoughts as I prepare to take a little time for celebration, relaxation and meditation this next week:

1) The picture you see above is Johanna's birth announcement. It may make some of you feel oddly comforted to know that I picked them up last week. Yes, she's 4 months old. I figured it [...]

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