Christine - thank you so very much for your sweet comment. I am hoping to be sharing my work on eBay again soon, but at a much slower pace as I work to figure out where exactly God is calling me to be and do right now.

My parents have been in their home since I was 9 months old - so over 34 years now. I couldn't imagine ever moving as a child, but since our marriage we've lived in 7 homes. The parsonage will be our 8th. It's been difficult, but moving across country and back within 6 years really helped me to prioritize and simplify our possessions!

It's a little more difficult right now since we're living with my parents. Usually, we're big on string cheese, trail mix, fruit of any kind, and stuff like that. Last summer, I set them up with snack boxes - I'd put in 7 or 8 snack sized baggies of crackers. They could eat them all the first day, but it wouldn't get refilled until the following Sunday. It seemed to help them learn to monitor themselves a bit. My 13 year old tends to think it's abusive that I don't let her eat Pop Tarts for breakfast, pizza pockets for lunch and frozen dinners. I think it's that sense of being different from her peers, but I try to calmly explain that I'm doing it for her long-term health. Not sure how much it's sinking in, but I do see her trying to make better choices on her own a bit more now. The food culture that kids are around so often is so toxic, and it's a constant battle.