If you can’t tell by the title… this isn’t a sweet little farm post. It’s an itchy, frustrating and exhausting path to insanity post. This post is partially in existence to regain some of the sanity I’ve lost over the…
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Yep you saw that correctly….there is a safety pin in the oven. Okay, there’s a baby in the oven, but I am pretty sure you figured that out. The Givens Clan is about to grow by one more and we…
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Chad and I have owned/built several houses since we married, but those houses were always built to sell. They were never truly mine. Actually, I haven’t lived in a home that was “mine” per-say since I was 8 years old. …
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I struggle to deny my flesh, to deny a state of mind that isn’t healthy and to allow God to constantly guide my steps. There. I said it. I am in a season of struggle. Most of you know I…
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Nothing makes you question everything in your life like walking through a storm. But hand in hand, nothing makes you more grateful for every single thing in your life than a storm. In the last month I have questioned a…
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A little over two weeks ago I had cranked out a beautiful announcement that our family was growing by one more. I was so excited and then…..computer glitches. I am somewhat tech savvy, so I get super irritated when things…
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As I am sure you can tell by the weedless paths and the sheer awesomeness that this garden boasts…it is most definitely not mine. I have driven past this garden at least three days a week for three and a…
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What often is not said, is that boys “need” to be boys. I have been a mother to a son for only a year, but it doesn’t take long to realize how different boys are from their counterparts. God knew…
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That is how I felt after the first 24 hours of being a chicken owner. Up till that point in my life I had never dealt with an animal “dying”. Yes, I had had a few cats and a dog…
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In the years leading up to our move to The Givens Grove, I had read book after book on homesteading, organic gardening methods and the like. Never once actually getting to implement these awesome ideas floating in my head! I…
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