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JUMP TO SHOW NOTES For over 5 years now, I have sat on the interviewers side of the microphone bringing you over 100 homemaker stories. Many of you have asked to hear my answers to these questions, and today you get your wish. Hannah Stewart of the Sugar & Spice Mom Life Podcast approached me a few months ago with the idea to interview me for her show using my Homemaker Portrait questions, and I agreed! This is a crossover episode featuring an introduction and some AoH news

JUMP TO SHOW NOTES In this Homemaker Portrait episode, I’m joined by Kara Garis, an “in the trenches” homemaking mama and homeschooler. Kara and her husband, Jeff, have been married 17 years and are raising five kids (ages 14 down to 6) in central Oklahoma. In the trenches of a life full of homeschool, church, ministry, soccer practices, violin lessons, and all the daily work that keeps a family fed, clothed, and cared for, Kara has learned something beautiful: home can be bo

Jump to Episode Notes In this Homemaker Portrait, I’m joined by Kristin Park, a wife, mom, quilter, sourdough baker, and newly full-time homemaker who has just stepped away from a ten-year career as a speech language pathologist. After years of carrying both her career and homemaking responsibilities, she and her husband made the careful, prayerful decision for her to come home full time. In our conversation, she shares what that process looked like, including the financial p

If you need a little shot of summertime encouragement—and a reminder that the small, steady work of home matters—this episode is for you. In this ramble, Jessica and I chat about the rhythms of summer homemaking: what we’re cooking, what we’re watching, what we’re planning, and what we’re learning as we get older. We also end with a thoughtful conversation about limiting beliefs—the stories we tell ourselves that keep us stuck—and how renewing our minds in Christ helps us mo

Show Notes for S28:E16, Homemaker Portrait of Hannah Stewart JUMP TO SHOW NOTES In this episode, I’m chatting with Hannah Stewart, an “in the trenches” homemaker, mom of 3, and the voice behind the Sugar and Spice Mom Life podcast. Growing up, Hannah said she never wanted to get married or have kids, but God used the hospitable families of the church she attended in college to birth in her heart a desire for marriage, motherhood and homemaking. In our conversation, Hannah sh

with Jenny Nanninga JUMP TO SHOW NOTES We're talking about family road trip adventures with former guest and road trip enthusiast, Jenny Nanninga. Jenny, her husband, and their 5 girls love to travel from their home in California on the highways and byways of America to see what adventures they can discover. They have a particular fondness for national parks and we will discuss that a good bit in our conversation. In This Episode: Jenny’s road trip background including a few