Hi, I’m Danica.

I guess I’m a lot of things: a wife, a mom, a daughter, a sister, a crafter, a cook, a reader, a writer, a homemaker, a pianist, and probably a lot more too. But at the end of the day, I’m just a Christian trying to find and obey God’s will.

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in pictures:

Wednesday, May 15th, 2013

the girls

the haze of spring’s green appears on the trees

Beatrice’s first “real” visit to a playground — she couldn’t get there fast enough!

wrapping up our first grade book work outside

taking a break from riding

sheriff william, keeping an eye on the neighborhood

mother’s day with my boys

filling my days, my heart.

Thursday, April 11th, 2013

Life unfold all around us:
– birds return, and suddenly, the air is full of activity after a long and silent winter.
– trees form beds, but not before they let their sap run, giving us the maple syrup we enjoy all year.
– snow melts, at last, and boys dig out mud boots for an inaugural [...]

today

Monday, April 1st, 2013

Today, our house recovers from a whirlwind weekend of celebration. Bedrooms were more than a bit askew when we woke up this morning, proving just how crazy getting ready for church can be — especially on Easter Sunday. Ironing boards, stray “grass” from baskets, laundry piles that hadn’t been touched for three days: our to-do [...]

chatty

Friday, March 22nd, 2013

First, this: a long, lanky boy who climbed onto my lap and just wanted me to hold him.

It’s snowing. Not snowy, but snowing, seemingly every day. This is a long winter, for sure. But as eager as I am to just smell some fresh air and ditch the snow gear, I’m also appreciating a few [...]

the best thing

Monday, March 11th, 2013

We’re rounding the bend on the last lap of Homeschooling, Year Two. Of course, in many ways, I’ve counted this as Year One, since last year was kindergarten and ya just can’t mess that one up. (Find robin’s eggs, collect chestnuts, read favorite stories, look at globes, color and cut and glue, read lots of [...]

hide it in your heart

Thursday, March 7th, 2013

I have always tried, with varying levels of diligence and success, to make Bible memory — and meditation, discussion, and application — part of our regular routine. How I decide on which passage to memorize varies, too — sometimes a theme that is particularly applicable to a current challenge, sometimes a simple gospel-in-a-nutshell verse, sometimes [...]