Little Roots Co.

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  • End-of-Year Heart Check: Questions to Strengthen Your Faith in the Year Ahead

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    Annually I load up my crew and head out for our child well-check visits. The pediatrician measures, weighs, looks them over, and (my favorite part) shows me the growth charts that compare this year to last. A child well-check is exactly what it sounds like: a stopping point to ask, Are they healthy? Is anything…

  • The Art of an Unlonely Holiday: Welcoming Others to Your Table

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    I’m not sure who first penned the words “Loneliness feels louder in the season of celebration,” but as I edge closer to another decade of life, I find them to be increasingly true. There are empty place settings for loved ones who didn’t make it to another holiday. There are broken relationships, unmet expectations, lingering…

  • Essential Summer Car Kit

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    Sometime around 2:30 a.m. I heard the sound every parent learns to dread.  My daughter was vomiting and we most definitely had a 7+ hour road trip back home ahead of us that morning. I felt the panic start to rise. I’ve never had to travel with a child sick of the stomach flu, let…

  • Summer Planning Guide Freebie!

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    Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord [always doing your best and doing more than is needed], being continually aware that your labor [even to the point of exhaustion] in the Lord is not futile nor wasted [it is never without purpose]. -1 Corinthians 15:58 It’s that time of…

  • Mother’s Day Gift Guide 2025

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    “Every day in each inch of space, each rhythm of time, each practice of love, we have the chance to join God in coming home, in living so that we make a home of this broken and beautiful world all over again. Love is enfleshed in the meals we make, the rooms we fill, the…

  • Habits for a New Season (Mom Version)

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    April has felt a bit like a second winter here in the midwest, yet the calendar says warmer weather is coming for us in the next six to eight weeks. In many ways, summer can be a hard season to plan for. We often get MORE busy, not less. Routines and rhythms are the first…

  • A Gospel-Centered Easter Booklist

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    “Let’s know how to set an Easter table that’s focused on the cross—that’s focused on Christ—where you can have some meaningful conversation, and you can have an event at your home with your family that marks Easter in an important way.” – Barbara Rainey As you think about setting your tables this Easter season, I…

  • Valentine’s Day Guide 2025

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    A few years ago I received a boxed set of books from Voice of Martys and was surprised to pull out the title, “Valentine: God’s Courageous Evangelist.” Growing up, I had always thought of February 14 as just a fun holiday on the calendar that served as an excuse to break up the long winter…

  • Adding Delight to Your Home This Winter

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    “It was so wonderful to be there, safe at home, sheltered from the winds and the cold. Laura thought that this must be a little like heaven, where the weary are at rest.” Laura Ingalls Wilder | The Long Winter The snow is steadily falling on this January day here in the Midwest. I’m reading…

  • Why Moms Need More Than a Good Devotional

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    Note: Since the original edition of this blog post (2020), there have been excellent devotionals published that have helped to bridge these gaps. My favorite to recommend is Paul Tripp’s Everyday Gospel which takes you through the entirety of Scripture in a year, while offering gospel connections to the passages you have read. I lost…