by Brenda L. Yoder | Apr 3, 2013 | For Women, Parenting
By Contributing Author, Kristin L. Nelson of Not Alone Mom. “If you can’t say anything nice – don’t say anything at all.” You’ve heard the saying time and again. We use it to teach our children about the value of holding their tongue and being the bigger...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Mar 29, 2013 | Faith
Like other parts of the Midwest, Spring is coming late this year on the Back Forty. As I write, the calendar says Spring has arrived, but snow is pelting the window. I’m a whiner about March anyway, so the late spring has made me a Champion Whiner. {Trophy,...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Mar 27, 2013 | For Women, Parenting
It’s a privilege to have blogger Amanda Hostetler from Raspberry Beige as a guest writer for the Wednesday parenting series. Thank you, Amanda, for sharing this! No, I am not writing a comic book series. Although I do think my title is pretty clever. I am...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Mar 24, 2013 | Faith
It’s March Madness and I’m a Hoosier. Every stereotype about Hoosier Hysteria lives in my hometown, in my own house. I married Mr. MVP, who comes from a family of basketball MVPs. My babygirl received a basketball hoop for her first birthday. No...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Mar 23, 2013 | Encouragement, Faith
I live on a family farm. Though we sold the family dairy herd a few years ago, my diary-farmer husband keeps a dairy goat on our little stead. When he’s gone, I often find myself counselor by day and dairy maid by night. This makes for a new brand of...
