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    Blessed MOMdays Link Up Party #4

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    • by Ana Willis
    Blessed MOMdays

    Welcome to Blessed MOMdays Link Up Party! I am so glad you’re starting your week here! The purpose of this link up party is to bring our community together as […]

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  • Ben's Blog, Reviews

    Ben’s Blog: Traveling In Time With The Imagination Station Books

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    Ben's Blog: The Imagination Station Books

    Hi, my name is Ben. I am 8 years old and I love to read books. My favorite books are The Imagination Station books from Focus on the Family. Why […]

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    All About Last Week + Blessed MOMdays Link Up Party #3

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    Blessed MOMdays

    Welcome to Blessed MOMdays Link Up Party! I am so glad you’re starting your week here! The purpose of this link up party is to bring our community together as […]

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  • Healthy Living

    4 Super Easy, Time Saving & No Excuses Ideas for a Healthier Lifestyle

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    Healthier Lifestyle

    Who said that to live a healthier lifestyle you would have to spend a lot of time cooking and spend a lot more money shopping? Who really has more time […]

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  • Encouragement, Events, Faith, Homemaking, Motherhood

    How to Conquer Physical and Mental Exhaustion

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    Physical and Mental Exhaustion

    Physical and mental exhaustion is something I am far too familiar with. I’ve had three pregnancies in four years and no maternity leave while working full time in ministry as […]

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    Blessed MOMdays Link Up Party #2

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    Blessed MOMdays

    Welcome to Blessed MOMdays Link Up Party! I am so glad you’re starting your week here! The purpose of this link up party is to bring our community together as […]

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    Blessed MOMdays Link Up Party #1

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    • by Ana Willis
    Blessed MOMdays

    Welcome to Blessed MOMdays Link Up Party! I am so glad you’re starting your week here! The purpose of this link up party is to bring our community together as […]

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  • Educents, Homeschooling, Language Arts, Resources

    Raising Good Readers With Hooked on Phonics APP

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    “I better get busy raising good readers!” I thought to myself while going through one of John Maxell’s books on leadership when I came across this quote: “Not all readers […]

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  • Faith, Reviews

    Lots of Cuddles With Snuggle Time Psalms

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    Snuggle Time Psalms

    I love cuddling with my children to read Snuggle Time Psalms any time of the day! Building a strong faith foundation and reading are our top priorities in this house […]

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  • Homeschooling, Language Arts, Resources, Reviews

    How to Raise Good Readers

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    Raise Good Readers

    It’s not hard to raise good readers when great books are available to us in so many ways. No longer we need to drive to the library or keep buying […]

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Ana is a wife and homeschool mom of 3 turned into homeschool blogger. She is a Messianic Jewish biblical scholar-in-training, and a passionate Hebrew and Bible teacher. She loves helping homeschool moms to find joy and fulfillment in their homeschool calling. Her goal is to help moms go from stressed to blessed, nurturing a restful homeschooling through a living education, and living a beyond blessed life. Learn More

 
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Shopping locally is a real thing for us here. We’r Shopping locally is a real thing for us here.
We’re surrounded by farms and love driving around to buy our produce, grass-fed beef, fresh goat milk and cheese, fresh cow’s milk on a glass bottle, not plastic! Shocking, right? By the way, have you watched The Plastic Detox documentary yet? Go watch it later. Now, come drive around with us, meet my new friends, and let’s get some fresh milk together!
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Shabbat Shalom, sweet friends. 🤍 What a beautiful Shabbat Shalom, sweet friends. 🤍
What a beautiful week it has been.
Yesterday we wrapped up our Charlotte Mason Inspired online homeschool conference after an incredible week with 35 amazing speakers. Together we learned, worshipped, prayed, laughed, and encouraged one another. My heart is overflowing with gratitude for every homeschool mom who joined us. What a gift this community is.
Were you there? Or did you miss it?
Today, I am embracing the gift of Shabbat—a sacred invitation to stop striving, rest in God’s presence, and remember that He is the One who sustains us.
“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.” — Exodus 20:8
Shabbat is our weekly invitation to “be still, and know that I am God.” — Psalm 46:10
As the sun sets and our family gathers around the table, I am reminded that God’s goodness is not measured by all we accomplish, but by His faithful presence with us. His mercies are new every morning, His peace is available to every weary heart, and His blessings are abundant beyond what we deserve.
After pouring out this week, I’m choosing to be filled again. To rest. To worship. To simply enjoy the goodness of the Lord.
I hope you too have made time today to “Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in Him.” — Psalm 34:8
Wishing you a peaceful and refreshing Shabbat.
✨ How is your Shabbat going? I’d love to hear what you’re grateful for today.
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She spent years preparing the feast and never once She spent years preparing the feast and never once pulled up a chair.
The perfect curriculum. The color-coded schedule. The Pinterest-worthy morning basket. And somehow, still standing with her back to the table.
Preparation can become the most acceptable form of avoidance we know. It looks like faithfulness. It feels like love. But sometimes the planner in our hand is the very thing keeping us from the chair right behind us.
Charlotte Mason called the mother a facilitator and inspirer. Not a performer. Someone who creates the conditions for learning, then steps inside them.
Mama, your children do not need a more perfect table. They need you sitting at it.
The feast was never just for them. 🤍
You don't need a curated shelf, a nature table, or You don't need a curated shelf, a nature table, or a morning basket with 14 items. You need a book, a notebook, and a walk outside.
Somewhere along the way, Charlotte Mason became Pinterest-worthy. And new homeschool moms quietly wondered if they were doing it wrong before they had even started.
Mama, you are not doing it wrong. When Ana began homeschooling, she picked up living books, took her kids outside, and asked them to narrate. Years later she realized she had been walking the Charlotte Mason path the whole time. The simplicity was the point.
Your permission slip:
>> Start with one living book
>> Skip the nature table for now
>> Follow your child's curiosity, not a checklist
>> Call it Charlotte Mason even if it looks simple
Start small. Start today. You are enough. 🤍
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