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My Facebook page, "Home, Heath, and Heritage," is an extension of "Becoming a Humble Homemaker". As I continue my quest to become that virtuous woman who thrives where she's planted, I'll post what I learn all about the home, rearing children, and being a servant of God! I'm hoping we can help each other in our quests.

Our home, our health, our heritage. Each of these is important. All of them encompass our everyday life. None of them can survive without the other.

On this page, we cover the HOME. This may include cooking, cleaning, canning, and crafting, but there's much more to it than that. Our homes should exemplify God. I'm not talking about neatness. Although my house is *clean*, God knows it's almost never neat (except for when my children are asleep). One of the joys of having four children, I guess. I'm talking about the atmosphere. The atmosphere in our home should be one of love,joy, and peace--one we can thrive in. If you have children, it should be one they can thrive in. They need to see God in you.

The HOME part of my page also has to do with running a home efficiently, effectively, and frugally. I'm trying my hand at couponing. I try to plan out our meals according to the sales. I plan out the most efficient use of my time each day and try to stick to that plan (I use Trello to arrange my day if anyone's interested. It's online, free, and easy to use). And the effective part" Well, for me, that has to do with peasing my husband and training my children. For you, it may be something different. What is the goal of your home? It's purpose? Thats for you to decide.

We cover HEALTH. There are three sides to health. There's physical, spiritual, and emotional health. We must be conscious of all three for both ourselves and our children. Sometimes we get so entrenched in adulting that we forget to take care of ourselves. We cover diet, exercise, and more. We touch on the necessities of a daily walk with God. We discuss our mental and emotional health as well.

If you want to get more in the mental health side, I have another page, "Through It All, Press On," that covers that. We talk about children with mental health problems, how we as adults can deal with them in ourselves, and parenting with a mental illness (whether it be you or your chid that faces that trial).

We discuss our HERITAGE. I know this may seem strange to some, but the "heritage" I'm talking about doesn't have to do with where we came from, who we came through, or why we're here. Heritage is also defined as "a special or individual possession; an allotted portion." Psalm 127:3 says, "Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord..." They are a possession of God entrusted to us. What a great responsibility! As such, we talk about raising our children. Our topics include homeschooling, training, parenting, pregnancy, growing our children to love God, and more.

I'm on a quest to be the best I can be. I plan to post what I learn. Won't you join me?