Welcome to Happy Christian Home! I am
Becky, and this blog is where I (attempt to!) write about all things
pertaining to life in the Christian home. Of course, some of the
things I write about happen in any home,
but my highest priority with this blog is to keep Christ at the
center of it all.
In
case that sounds too serious, I must warn you, I love to joke around,
sometimes subtly weaving humor into my writing. Sometimes a little
too subtle (as in: "is
she serious?"). I love telling funny stories about my children,
life in ministry, and marriage.
My
husband and I have been married for going on six years. We have two
children- a son, almost 5 years old and a 2 ½ year old daughter and
another one on the way this June. My husband is a minister (not the
minister) but our church's worship leader, in addition to working
close to 60 hours a week. He's a really great guy. At least he was
last time I saw him. Hee hee. (Kidding!) In this busy lifestyle (well for him anyway!) we must be intentional about getting in a weekly date night.
Speaking
of ministry, I share about my experiences in children's ministry from
time to time, and like to share ideas I find and other resources.
I'm
kind of a "crunchy mom". I try to eat all natural (though
that sort of went out the window during this pregnancy) and make most
of our food from scratch. I like to use natural things around the house too! I'm also planning a home birth with this new baby. We've
dabbled in cloth diapering, and plan to do so with the new one. I'm
all about breast feeding, and have done extended breast feeding with
both my children (both past the age of two). A lot of my quest to
achieve health is driven by our family's experience with allergies.
I plan
to start "officially" homeschooling my soon-to-be five year
old this fall (that should provide plenty of blog banter with two
younger siblings around- hopefully, I'll still have time to tell you
about it!). I try to be intentional about providing educational opportunities for my children even from a young age, and feel that
little ones can learn a whole lot more than we give them credit for
(though I don't do so in a "pushy" kind of way).
I'm
still finding my way in this stay at home mom/homemaker role, even
though I've been at it for over three years now. I find that it's
always changing, and I'm always looking for new ways to adapt! I
certainly don't pretend to be any kind of authority on how to keep it
all together ('cause, trust me, I don't!)
but I like to let my readers know when I find something that works for me.
I feel
that my blog is most "successful" when I hear from God and
share my experiences in the Word and this life of faith to encourage
and equip other wives and moms. You might've noticed the phrase
"Biblical Encouragement" in my blog header. I think that
being grounded in the Word is the most important thing that a woman,
wife or mother (or anyone) can choose to be, all the rest is the
"other great stuff" that I hope you will enjoy and relate
to!
Also? If you couldn't tell, I can be
pretty verbose. And I like to use parentheses. A lot. So, if you like
to read a lot of words, stick around!
So, that's me. Pretty much. If you like
what you see so far, I invite you to follow me on Facebook or subscribe by email, and I
look forward to getting to know you, too!
