Grounded by Grace

09/25/2026

These are the moments I live for.

Waking up before my babies and getting to just cuddle in close. The window slightly down and letting in the cool fresh air coming in. Hearing the birds, smelling the neighbors fireplace burning from a far. It’s finally fall.

Praying blessings over all of my children and husband as I lay here holding a small fraction of the blessings God has given me in my arms. Thanking Him for the new mercies this day.

This isn’t the life I saw for myself. It’s better. Because I followed and listened to what the Lord had for me instead of what I had for me. Had I followed that path I would have missed all of this.

The coffee in hand while dog piled reading books kind of mornings. The full family celebration when each child mastered the thing in school they struggled with. The evening memory verse times when we all hide the Word in our heart for a time when we need our swords. The family meal times filled with laughter. The park trips on a whim that helps us meet some sweet and amazing people. The rushing to Sunday school to be with all our blood bought family.

I could go on and on and the beauty God has made from my life. Life from ashes. And though the enemy has tried his best to come against my family I had seen God work miracles and do amazing things in my life through it all. I wait expectantly for the growth and beauty that it all has in store for us (Jeremiah 29:11)

I’m not a mountain top wife and mom. I’m the full journey mom. The hills, the valleys, the steep mountain side, I signed up for it all

Because I know the God I serve will make a way through it all and Im going to become better in the end of it all. I’m thankful for the hard, it’s what changes us best.

And Im thankful for these moments with my sweet baby on my chest. Because it all is what defines the woman God has for me to be.

Amanda ❤️🙌🏼🙏🏼

09/09/2026

This year my family has been through the wringer. We have faced things I never thought we would, BUT GOD!

He has been so faithful through it all!

In it, my husband got a new job. His last one we got more time with him and he didn't leave until after we had lunch together as a family. Now he leaves before the kids wake up. This was something that was really getting to him. He loves us so deeply and is going to miss the time we used to get. In the future we would like to go back to where he was but in the time being this is our portion and we are trying to find the lessons and blessings in it.

One thing I am already loving is that (when the kids actually stay asleep when I leave the bad) I get to get up and make his lunch and breakfast. I get to pray over him before he leaves, have a quiet breakfast and slip an encouraging Scripture into his lunchbox. This isn't something I have had the blessing to do in the past with his old schedule and I am thoroughly loving it!!

I cherish my husband and I know this is a hard season and I want him to never to doubt the love and support he has at home no matter what the enemy comes to try and do. This is home base. This is sacred ground. This is where forgiveness and mercy flows and where you can come find Jesus.

It is so critical as wives that we are that place of peace and comfort in a world damned and determined to wear us down and out. What can you do for your husbands today to help embolden them and give them strength? A woman can either build up her home or tear it down with her words and actions. How are you utilizing your words for your home today?

Today's lunchbox verse: Philippians 4:6

09/08/2026

Something about my kids truly enjoying nutritious snacks blesses me. ❤️🙌🏼 what’s some of your hot day go to snacks or nutritious meals when you’re wanting to enjoy the weather instead of being cooped up in the kitchen?

09/07/2026

So I finally did it! I finally made the granola that I have been trying to make forever! It was actually really delicious with zero cane sugar. We used maple syrup to sweeten it. Below is the recipe. 😊❤️
Mind you, this is a recipe for a family of nine and makes about a gallon size jar full of granola. This won’t last us very long but for a lot of people it will.
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5 cups of old-fashioned oats
2/3 of a cup of pumpkin seeds
2/3 of a cup of sunflower seeds,
2 tablespoons of flaxseeds
3 tablespoons of chai seeds
1 1/4 cups of peanut butter
3/4 of a cup of maple syrup or honey +2 tablespoons
1 teaspoon of salt
1 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon
1 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla
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Add all of your dry ingredients first then put the peanut butter and whatever sweetener you choose in a sauce pan on the oven and stir it. Do not let it burn. Add your vanilla after you take it off the heat. Once you have done that, get it to more of a liquid consistency verses thick. Be sure it’s well mixed then pour it on top of your dry ingredients and mix very well. Once it’s well combined pour it all on baking sheets.
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Bake this all at 325° for 25 minutes. Set it on the counter and let it cool off for at least 45 minutes before breaking off and putting into a container. It needs to be able to fully harden. You can also make this in the pan as uniform and flat as you can and cut it into granola bars if you wanna add any kind of toppings or special things like chocolate chips or raisins, you can do that in the cooling off process as it comes out of the oven. My family loves putting this on top of their yogurt and adding some berries with it.

Enjoy!!

09/07/2026

Ok so it’s not just me. Lol

08/30/2026

Our family is pretty hard core and unapologetically as natural as we can manage. I have healed cavities ( with God's guidance) where my children has been able to avoid drilling and fillings. One cleaning visit it is there and the next they're verifiably gone! By the grace of God !!!

I have avoided for years sharing a lot of what God has guided me through because the life we live has very often had people being rude and judging our decisions in ignorance. Telling me I live this lifestyle out fear verses wisdom. But cowering to that isn't the answer, sharing it is. I'm never going to please everyone. So I am here going to share what He has brought me to. I'm doing a disservice to the wisdom He has shared with me by hiding. Don't like it? Scroll on.

Let the chips fall where they may.

In the comments I am sharing links to the things I have used. They ARE paid links.

First is the right toothpaste. There are many out there and we have tried so many and this happens to be the one our family finally settled on and is child friendly. MY best friend actually turned me on to this one!

Next is dehydrated eggshell pills. You hear me right. I dehydrate eggshells we save over time, powder them and put them in pill form. My cherished friend Kaleigh taught me this! Its about half a tsp twice per day which equals out to two 00 capsules twice per day. This is the most bioavailable form of calcium that your body needs to be able to heal your teeth. When your body needs calcium in one area in your body, your teeth is the first place they'll pull it from.

Lastly, cod liver fish oil with fermented butter oil. My favorite brand is also linked in the comments. This has all the healthy vitamins, minerals and healthy fats you need to heal.

There were a couple of books on natural oral health that I read on all this as well that I'll add to the comments along with any other relevant videos and things on the topic.

One of my all-time favorite books on nourishing foods and raising children with the best nutritiously dense foods and things is Nourishing Traditions. There is two books that I will link below. One is a yellow one that talks all about nutrition, has recipes and has a lot of educational things regarding modern misconceptions about what healthy eating is and how to do better. The other is a purple book. It explains the best nutrition before during and after pregnancy. It also talks about jabby jabs and all the issues pertaining to them, infant and child nutrition, formula recipes, milestones etc. Its my absolutely my favorite book pertaining to raising children.

08/29/2026

My family and I have been through so much the last few months and I have finally have hit a time where I need rest so badly.

Tomorrow we observe the Sabbath. A much much much needed day of rest. Please forgive my absence. I pray you all have a blessed day.

“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the Lord Forever.”
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭23‬:‭1‬-‭6‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the LORD Forever.

08/27/2026

Finally a year I have been more successful in a garden! I have made some comical and avoidable mistakes over the years but I’m finally starting to grow a thing or 2.

08/20/2026

Why the heck is this normalized?! This is absolutely disgusting. Why is it that over time not only do adult women not seem to know how to cover themselves anymore but not we are doing it to CHILDREN?! Can we acknowledge at least that anyone pushing for this in children is a pe*****le or a groomer at bare minimum. Come on people do better !! This is as bad as the teens at homecoming and prom looking like street walkers.

08/20/2026

We were just talking today about how absolutely strange it is that no one talks about how we went from peanuts at events like we used to, to now it literally being deadly for so many people. I used to take pbj to school for lunch or they sold them there as the little Smuckers Uncrustables because NO ONE was allergic. Not one person. We’d go to steak houses where eating peanuts was the staple and you threw them on the floor. So many different situations where now you can’t do these things without possibly risking someone’s life. But when you questions this and it’s possible vaccine link or other things your shamed for it. But something is up. It didn’t just magically happen over night. I never had to consider nuts. So much so I have set alarms when I usually make plans for co-op lunch or some other gathering type thing because it has slipped my mind before and I have made the peanut butter honey sandwiches or the ants on a log snack. Not because I don’t care but because I just never have had to have tusk as part of my life. Has anyone had a peanut allergy and NOT be ever vaccinated? If not was your mom vaccinated during pregnancy? Is it common on your family? Anyone else have any other thoughts? Genuinely curious because it just seems odd.