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DIY Padsicle + Peri Spray for Postpartum Recovery | Postpartum Recovery

March 25, 2020

DIY Padsicle + Peri Spray for Postpartum Recovery | Postpartum Recovery

@jamiewagner.es

Oh how sweet motherhood is 🥰 “Here is a sweet

Oh how sweet motherhood is 🥰
“Here is a sweet, fragrant mouth to kiss; here are two more feet to make music with their pattering about my nursery. Here is a soul to train for God; and the body in which it dwells is worth all it will cost, since it is the abode of a kingly tenant. I may see less of friends, but I have gained one dearer than them all, to whom, while I minister in Christ's name, I make a willing sacrifice of what little leisure for my own recreation my other darlings had left me. Yes, my precious baby, you are welcome to your mother's heart, welcome to her time, her strength, her health, her tenderest cares, to her lifelong prayers! Oh, how rich I am, how truly, how wondrously blest!”
~Elizabeth Prentiss, Stepping Heavenward

“Household economy makes family and land an inde

“Household economy
makes family and land
an independent state.
Never buy at a store
what you can grow or find
at home - this is the rule of liberty,
also of neighbourhood.
(And be faithful to
local merchants too.
Never buy far off
what you can buy near home.”
~ Wendell Berry, The Farm
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As women we have been blessed by the Lord with a great responsibility of stewarding the home, which includes cultivating a productive household economy (as seen in the Proverbs 31 woman).
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Therefore our role as homemakers must include the stewardship of the household economy.
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In this season of moving I have found this rather difficult to establish until I realized the household economy does not have to be done by my hands alone. Next year I can plant my garden and berry bushes. This growing season while I focus on renovating our home I have been seeking local.
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Just this week we went 1 mile down the road from us to pick delicious Saskatoon berries and collect eggs! 🐓

I want to be remembered as the mama that… Said y

I want to be remembered as the mama that…
Said yes to going outside
Read one more story
Lit candles at mealtime
Slowed down
Sang and danced
But above all else I want to be remembered for loving the Lord with everything.
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#1000hoursoutside #joyfulmama #simplechildhood #risenmotherhood #wildandfreechildren #charlottemason #wearethehomemakers #homemaker #slowsimpleseasonal #sowingasimplelife #homesteadingmama #homesteadmamas #slowmotherhood #oldfashionedonpurpose

The Heritage Homestead where we are running back t

The Heritage Homestead where we are running back to our roots!
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Follow along as we learn how to embrace a traditional lifestyle!!👩🏼‍🌾
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#thiswellpreparedhome #wearethehomemakers #homesteading #homesteadmama #homesteadmamas #sowingasimplelife #proverbs31woman #tradwife #traditionalwife #oldfashionedonpurpose #wethehomesteaders #homemaker

Whenever we share our homestead story we are alway

Whenever we share our homestead story we are always met with something along the lines of “That’s crazy!” AND “That will be a lot of work”.
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And they are right! It is a lot of work and is one of the hardest things I’ve done, but it has been SO good!!!
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Too often we think hard = bad so we try to avoid it all together in pursuit of comfort and convenience. This was me.
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But since being married I’ve quickly learned comfort and convenience are not compatible with living my life for the Lord.
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We are actually promised this life will have hardships, but are also promised that the Lord will give us the strength to make it through!
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I could have easily said “No…
-I’m too pregnant
-It’s too much postpartum
-I can’t move with a newborn”
Plus a million other reasons why it was bad timing.
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But I would have missed out on this amazing and yes crazy experience✨
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“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” ~ Joshua 1:9 #homestead #homesteadingmamas #homesteadinglife #homemaker #wearethehomemakers #wethehomesteaders #traditionalwife #tradwife #runbacktoyourroots #homemaking #gardenmama #growingahomestead #sowingasimplelife #oldfashionedonpurpose

A tisket, a tasket, a baby in a basket 🧺
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For one month I have been soaking up my sweet Lillian Mae.
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In the midst of all the moving chaos I am so thankful the Lord is using her to remind us to slow down and soak up every single moment as a family. I truly don’t want to miss a moment of these beautiful messy days that go by so quickly!

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