by Ann Marie Stewart | Feb 6, 2021 | Encouragement, Relationships
What language of love do YOU speak? I love you. Let me vacuum out your car. Here’s the necklace you’ve always wanted. Let’s sit by the fire and talk. Do you need a hug? Gary Chapman lists five love languages: Words of Affirmation Acts of Service Receiving Gifts...
by Ann Marie Stewart | Dec 1, 2020 | Family, Farm, Relationships
“When you get a puppy, nobody tells you about that day,” my daughter said, petting her beloved English Shepherd, as we reminisced about the dog that had “raised” my girls. Almost sixteen years before, our tri-color puppy flew from Arkansas to our farm in Virginia....
by Ann Marie Stewart | Oct 17, 2020 | Encouragement, Goals, Relationships
When a friend dedicated his one-minute #sorrynotsorry outtake reel to me, I considered it the highest honor, because Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest subscribers rarely show their fails. Instead social media enthusiasts present a filtered version of life. The best...
by Ann Marie Stewart | Apr 12, 2020 | Faith, Farm, Relationships
One Saturday before Easter, my husband heard baby lambs mewing in the corner of our barn. Their first-time mother accepted one but not the other twin. Perhaps it was because the second appeared premature, its eyes unopened, its mouth too weak to suckle. He was a...
by Ann Marie Stewart | Feb 17, 2020 | Encouragement, Family, Farm, Goals, Parenting, Relationships, Teaching
My husband tried shearing a sheep. Only once. He claimed, “It looked like the sheep’s fleece went through the blender.” Now each spring our sheep are sheared by a professional; it’s an entertaining event. The shearer hoists the ewe on her bottom so she’s...
by Ann Marie Stewart | Dec 24, 2019 | Encouragement, Family, Marriage, Parenting, Relationships, Teaching
In Kindergarten we learned to raise our hands to ask a question. We couldn’t swear, call each other names, intimate kids on the swing set, or swear. We were taught to be kind. “Kinder” actually means children in German, but maybe it’s also a good...
