Jessica is a wife and homeschooling mother of six living on a small homestead in Northwest Ohio. She documents her journey Instagram you won’t be sorry. I will say she’s MY favorite to follow! There are many reasons why we homeschool, but the freedom it affords us plays a huge role in our decision. As a homesteading family, we need to be home to care for our land and animals, and homeschooling gives us the simplicity and flexibility to do just that. We don’t have a lot of commitments and activities fracturing our family and pulling us away from home, and I don’t see large family homesteadin ..read more

A little about the author: Meghan Yancy lives in Minnesota with her husband and their 6 kids. She is a writer, influencer, blogger, author, artist and has her own business with Young Living Essential Oils. She has been homeschooling her kids for 5 years now and recently retired from her husband from his assistant principal position to come home and pursue his dreams in real estate. You can follow their family on Instagram @meghanjoytoday, FB at www.facebook.com/meghanjoytoday and keep up with her blog at www.meghanjoyyancy.com Freedom in Homeschooling I get asked often why we choose to home ..read more

We see an epidemic of broken homes but no one wants to sacrifice to be the parent they need to be to raise the next generation. It starts at home. Everything is a stage, even being a parent to children at home. Way to many people are more concerned about what their dreams are to help shape their children. Many parents are far more concerned about “finding themselves”, and lose their kids on that journey. With this I don’t mean we shouldn’t do anything for ourselves, but we have glorified the whole “find yourself”, “self care”, to the point of making it THE most important over actually being t ..read more

Homeschooling, it’s hard. That’s the truth but there’s more to Homeschooling. There are so many reasons I absolutely love being able to teach my children at home. One of my favorite is the FREEDOM we get. The freedom to slow down, speed up, or stop when needed to examine our children’s hearts. The freedom to go to field trips, the freedom to go outside and play. The freedom to chase hard after our child’s interesting hobbies. The freedom to change the way we live. The freedom to teach our children life long lessons and not just repeating facts. When I thought about the beauty of Homeschoolin ..read more

Father’s day is tomorrow. I want to encourage you to not only serve your husband because it’s the only day they get recognition but to ask God to help you see where you can improve your role as a wife. Unpopular opinion: I am my husband’s helper. That means I was given BY GOD the gift of helping him through all things. Emotionally, physically, mentally, and spiritually. That means it’s a privilege to be the one who he comes to for help. It could be an ear to listen without interruption. It could be a literal helping hand with a dishwasher… Ask me how I know. Haha. It could be allowing him ..read more

Sometimes, our husbands go through things they don’t want to share. Maybe they are embarrassed, maybe they don’t want to burden us. But our husbands go through trials/issues/hurts they need help with. We can not assume only women have trials. That since they are men, they don’t need help. False. • Being that Chris and I have almost been married 12 years… I’ve learned to examine him. I ask questions. I make sure to always want/do good for him. I am HIS helper. I make sure to make my home a place where he can find rest from the outside world. I’ve learned different ways to seek his heart. To ..read more

Children are such a blessing, but many times my heart aches and I find myself praying over then with tears in my eyes because this world is so full of people that could harm them. It literally gives me anxiety, takes my breath away, keeps me awake at night, makes me weak, steals my joy. It’s debilitating many times. I was sexually abused as a child and every now and then I have that dream that breaks me out in a cold sweat. Reminding me I was hurt. That someone took something from me that was should have been mine to give and the enemy uses that to play with my head. Hard. I know many people ..read more

SHADES + STONE {{A UNITED COLLECTIVE}} With a vision for diversity and a mission to get Young Living essential oils into the hands of all different ethnicities, we have united together to educate, share and empower people to join together in unity to impact and benefit their lives. We want to see health improved, lives changed, and generations impacted. We want to show the diversity within our own team and inspire more and more people to be a part of it. All are welcome. And within that, we can build an empire together. Choosing to pursue your own business with YL can be a game changer for ..read more