Author: mrsjschon
I Need Thee Every Hour
This song has been going through my mind a lot lately so I thought I would share it with you. I think I first heard this when I was a teenager at special evangelistic meetings in our church. I have a book - Hymns of Our Faith - that I sometimes look up the hymn …
A Simple Girly Baby Shower
We had something very exciting happen in our church this fall. One of our members had a baby girl. I know on the surface that doesn't sound incredibly exciting so let me put it in perspective. We are a fairly small church. The youngest girl in our church to this point was my youngest daughter …
Library Time 91 – DEAR and Dyslexia
My older children are out on a long-awaited day trip with my parents so they aren't here for me to get reading recommendations from. Instead in the interest in helping anyone out there whose child is struggling with reading, I thought I would share with you how the DEAR program has helped and is helping …
Friday File 68
It's been a long time since I posted on a Friday. The last month in particular has been a long one as we all did our part to help Daddy fight his cancer. Last week my husband had his right kidney removed. The days leading up to the surgery were difficult due to pain, nausea …
He Will Pilot Me
Tomorrow is the date we've been waiting for - it seems like a long time - but in reality is only about a month. Tomorrow is the day my husband will have his kidney removed. It is also when we will find out if the cancer has been kept contained in the kidney or moved …
The Post I Never Thought I’d Write
As the name of my blog – HEALTHY Simplicity – implies our family tries to live in a health-conscious way. This past summer we've had so many things that we believed about health turned upside down. Last June my husband started experiencing symptoms of what we assumed was kidney stones. This puzzled us because he …
Praise Him, Praise Him
I found myself singing this song last week while working in the kitchen. This is another beautiful song written by Fanny J. Crosby. I don't think there are many songs that have so much joy packed into them. When you sing it, you feel a little of what the joy in Heaven must be like. …
Intentional Simplicity 