Written by Lisa Vitello in her newsletter “New Harvest Homestead” from July 2005 Some of the fondest memories from my childhood are the times I spent with my grandparents. There were four children in our family and my grandmother would invite each one of us separately from time to time to spend the night and enjoy a special evening of one on one spoiling. In the morning, we would gather together in my grandmother’s kitchen for a simple breakfast of…
Written by Patriarchy Hannah on Twitter You’re haunted by your trauma because you won’t stop talking about it. One of the best things my brother ever did for me was *NOT* put me in therapy after he took us. He says everyone swore that I would need massive therapy. He decided not to send us. Once per week, the principal or vice principal of my school brought me into their office and just checked in on me for about 15…
Recently, I have been reading through articles of a newsletter I received many years ago called “New Harvest Homestead.” There are many great practical ideas in this, and I wanted to share a few snippets from some of them. “We don’t want to sound like alarmists, and we are definitely not survivalists who believe everyone ought to run to the hills, but we are realists. We live in very turbulent times and circumstances can literally change in a day in…
Wow! I can’t believe how often women talk about *needing* a voice. God doesn’t seem to think women need a voice. He warns men about quarreling and contentious women. He commands women to be silent in the churches. He commands young women to marry, bear children, and guide the home so they don’t become tattlers and busybodies. He commands women to have meek and quiet spirits. He commands wives to win their disobedient husbands “without a word” by their godly…
Welcome to the world today….. Where sex is free and love is expensive. Where losing a phone is more painful than losing your virginity. Where modernization means nudity, profanity, and if you don’t drink/smoke dope you’re out of fashion/style. Where boys stay boys and never want to become men, and girls become men to rule over them. Where if you don’t fool your partner it’s because you’re not clever enough. Where the bathrooms have become photography studios. Where pizza delivery…
When I was 30 and my fourth was a baby, I became very sick and was sick for many years. I was forced to be home every day all day long. I mothered my children full time. I was always available for them. God taught me many valuable lessons through my sufferings. Children need and want full-time mothers. Children being raised by full-time mothers are far more secure and emotional stable than those who are not. Learn to suffer in…
There is nothing wrong with parents who come to the conviction that their daughters should only wear modest dresses in obedience to God, have their children not date but have chaperones while courting in order to keep their children sexually pure for marriage, not watch TV nor listen to secular music since most of it is debauchery and not dwelling on the good and the pure, and homeschool their children to keep them out of the public schools that is…
Hi Lori, A few years ago, I never would have imagined that I’d write to you. But here I am, a stay-at-home mom of two reaching out to say hello and thank you. I was raised in all the ways you tell women not to raise their kids: with a nanny, babysitter, and daycare six days a week. Often ate dinner with my nanny. She even took me trick-or-treating some years while both my parents worked. She also came on…
Recently I shared this tweet: “I was raised by nannies and daycares. It sucked. Have this memory of being like three and sitting inside my mom’s closet wrapped in her robe, smelling her smell, missing her so completely because she was gone on a work trip for weeks. Some sad sh+t. Don’t do that to your kids.” The response and comments were overwhelming! I am going to share a few of them since God commands women to be “keepers at…
Shannon Harris was married to Joshua Harris who wrote “I Kissed Dating Goodbye” who has left his marriage and his faith. She has come out with a book. I read an article with an interview from her and I want to point out a few things. Before I begin, you can NOT live out biblical womanhood without knowing and loving Jesus Christ as your personal Savior. You can fake it and even for a long time, but you will always…