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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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From the blog

  • The Accounting of Suffering
    It’s me. Hi. I’m back from the abyss, it’s me.Okay, it wasn’t really an abyss. More like a vortex. A vortex of moving and a last minute transition for our kids from full-time homeschool to a university-model school. I’ve meant to sit down and write a hundred times the last few months. What’s stopped me?… Read more: The Accounting of Suffering
  • 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