Grace Based Parenting (Part 2)

by Stacey Thacker | Apr 12, 2011 | Grace, Parenting | 13 comments

We all want a formula or at least someone to tell us how to DO this thing called parenting.  You know what I’m learning?  Parenting, is a full time job. Parenting with Grace as the under current of your home, takes even more time than that. It is life constant...

Multitude Monday

by Stacey Thacker | Apr 11, 2011 | Multitude Monday, Parenting, Teacher's Desk, Thankful | 10 comments

“Sometimes…I have made the building process more costly than God ever intended it to be. Like other homeschooling mothers who live under the fear of not doing enough, I expected more of myself than God did. Consequently, I set unrealistic goals and higher standards...

The Best Of :: for Moms

by Stacey Thacker | Apr 8, 2011 | Connect, MODsquad, Parenting, The Best Of | 2 comments

Happy Friday, girl!  You made it!  If you can find 15 extra minutes to yourself this weekend, check out these great links for Moms! My girls at MODsquad Blog are spending time at the Cafe today and sharing what Easter means to them. Grab your cup of coffee and join...

Grace Based Parenting {Part 1}

by Stacey Thacker | Apr 5, 2011 | Grace, Grow, Parenting | 17 comments

Have you ever felt like you had so much to learn, and a book had so much to give, that it was a bit like drinking from a fire hydrant? Yeah, reading this book is like that.  Page by page, God is pealing away the layers of my heart and pointing out areas that are in...

Grace Notes :: April Preview {Giveaway}

by Stacey Thacker | Mar 31, 2011 | Giveaway, Grace, Parenting | 26 comments

As we embrace the grace He offers, we begin to give it — Tim Kimmel I have four very good reasons for studying Grace this year… And the more I learn of it, the more I see the how desperately my mothering is in need of it. I’m praying the path from my...

Learning the art of slowing down {Giveaway}

by Stacey Thacker | Mar 18, 2011 | Giveaway, Parenting, Things I Learn From Being Their Mom, Tommy Mommy | 20 comments

I could stay busy all day long. My kids can become something I have to do, instead of a relationship I have the blessing to build.  One thing I have found, to slow down the busy in our home, is reading books aloud to them.  It pulls my heart into the moment. And if...