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Hi, I’m Emily. Author of Majoring in Motherhood. Homeschooling mom of six. Passionate about Jesus and encouraging moms . Thanks for visiting!

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  • When God Leads You to Bitter Waters
    I stood in church a few weeks ago singing the words of a song I’ve sung many times before. “One word from you. Things change on your authority.” Normally, these words would bring me comfort, but all of a sudden, as my mind settled on an ongoing struggle with one of my kids, my mouth… Read more: When God Leads You to Bitter Waters
  • Making Kids in Our Image
    My kids do not look like me. I mean, there are some traces of the fact that I am, in fact, their mother. Their big smiles, long eyelashes, and the stubborn cowlick on the right side of their heads bear witness to the fact that it was indeed I who carried them around for nine… Read more: Making Kids in Our Image
  • Not Home for Christmas
    Christmas Hope for Exiles and Wanderers “I think I’m homesick,” I said to my daughter one day. It felt strange to say as we were, in fact, standing in our home. Home was no longer really home though. We weren’t there to stay. We were only there to grab a few things after smoke detectors… Read more: Not Home for Christmas