Our Favorite Books

Hey friend, want to check out my book shelf?! Here you’ll find some of my favorite books and some book reviews.

Ann McCool is a wife, mother, Jesus lover and California native. She is passionate about nurturing all the good things of life through deep faith, self-care and a balanced portion of sacrificial living. You can usually find her armed with her planner, essential oils and a jar of green tea as she homeschools her six kids or roams around the Western New York countryside in their gigantic van.


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You ever wonder what things your kids will remember about you when they grow up? Not what they'll remember when you're dead, but more like: these were my Moms favorite things when I was a kid, they always remind me of her. 
There's a verse in Second Corinthians that says if you were free when you were saved, don't make yourself a slave and if you were a slave when you were saved, don't make yourself free. 
I've been thinking about that this week. I was in college when I was saved and my life feels opposite that life in many ways. But it's making me think about all the world's invitations to reinvent ourselves, and how that mind set has played out in my own life. 
My One Word for the year is Acceptance. I'm seeing that I need to accept things about myself. A lot of them just don't matter. Like there's no perfect hobby or hair style. I'm also seeing that Acceptance takes confidence. Accepting where you were when God saved you and then looking to Him to redeem it in His own time. Not "fixing" it ourselves based on what we see around us, but keeping our eyes on Jesus. Which takes confidence in Him and in how we hear Him! Accepting where we are, who we are, and trusting his plan, whatever that might be. 
My Mom loves animals, big funky hats and telling detailed, funny stories usually about animals. I should ask my kids and see what they say :)
The last few days I've just felt so overwhelmed. Which is kind of the point of lent, which is cool because I'm coming into Easter feeling like I'm on my hands and knees in need of a savior. 
But also, this sucks lol 
There's lots and lots of good stuff, but it just takes so much to keep this life up and running! Motherhood is just... a lot. And so is homeschool motherhood and anxiety and bivocational pastor wife life and adjusting to a new house and and and... Here's an adorable little sailor that seems to be over his Mommy strike (in which he pushed me away something fierce and I've been trying everything to win him over for a couple months). ❤⛵
Such a fun morning in this warm weather! Organized the garage so half of it is a hang out area - the kids are calling it their club house. While me and the olders were organizing, the littles were doing all sorts of fun things, including legos and "fishing" for leaves. 💙💙💙



	
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