Caroline Rose Sanders 4 Minute Read In a large family, there is always a lot going on, but in many ways my family had been in a holding pattern for a couple of years. The changes we had hoped to see, the progress we had hoped to make, seemed like it would never come. I am happy to announce that 2014 had a…
Gretchen Louise 3 Minute Read I was awakened by the phone call on September 11. I’d known it was coming. I’d even been expecting it. But that morning, it caught me by surprise. Grandpa and Grandma had celebrated their fifty-eighth wedding anniversary that Sunday. And early Thursday morning–a little over a month before his seventy-eighth birthday–they reached that moment of “death…
Callie Mitchell 5 Minute Read I will never forget the first sight of her itty bitty wiggly body, or hearing the sound of her dainty feminine cry! At long last, my baby was here! The doctor scooped her up and laid her on my chest. As we snuggled on our living room couch, skin-to-skin, full of tears, joy, relief, and…
Jeannie Pederson 2 Minute Read 2014 was a wonderful year, but it was also a very hard one. Looking back to pinpoint my favorite moment, I see grace upon grace, beauty in the pain, and God’s unfailing love and faithfulness. Christmas of last year: we were all sick, my husband was working night shift over the holiday (so he slept…
Gretchen Louise 2 Minute Read There’s something about quiet that inspires me. The lack of noise opens my ears to the sounds I usually miss while resting me for the next onslaught of noisy activity. The calming of the world around me allows my mind to dwell on deeper things and the words to well up inside me. This is one…
Chantel 2 Minute Read When I think about the holidays, one of the first things that come to mind are traditions. For me, traditions are the things that make holidays special. They were the things I looked forward to the most, and the things that made some of my best holiday memories. For me, some of my favorite holiday…
Gretchen Louise 8 Minute Read Did you know that more than half of the current Kindred Grace writing team are firstborns? 10 are oldests, and 3 more are firstborn girls! When we first started brainstorming for “A Peek Into Your Personality“, we realized that as much diversity as there was in our team, a lot of us had birth order…
Gretchen Louise 3 Minute Read There is a Mission style antique chair that sits in our living room. The legs are marked up, the corners worn. The stain has been rubbed off the arms and back from use. I want to be like that chair. Standing firm without giving anyone splinters. Transparent enough to show the wear without wearing a…
Gretchen Louise 5 Minute Read Each autumn at YLCF, we take a peek into each other’s lives. This year we want to know what your passion is. But we don’t just want to know the ins and outs of your favorite hobby—but the purpose for which you know God gave it to you.
Jeannie Pederson 2 Minute Read What a privilege to send you a “post card” from my new home in California! This has been the most amazing year of my life. I hope to write several articles to share more of my story, but for now, here is a quick update…
At the beginning of the year a young man who I greatly admired and respected started corresponding with me on and off. By March he decided I was “more or less interesting”…
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