raising rileys

mothering is a joy

We are getting ready to head out of town, but I wanted to briefly share about the United Nations CSW (Commission on the Status of Women) conference, documents are being produced that refer to children as “burdens;” with the expressed desire to have the efforts (unpaid care and domestic work) usually performed by mothers “reduced and redistributed” to “national care systems” (the government). Please see the link here. This cannot be! I wish I were able to hug mothers everywhere who struggle, because the truth is, it's hard work! But I cannot think of a greater work that I could be doing. It makes me cringe to hear children referred to as "burdens," and I want to stand up and shout in support of home and family!

Life I Love, MotherhoodElizabeth RileyMarch 17, 2017abmhappylife, Homeschoolmama, Motherhood, Loveisnotaburden, deliberate mothering, marriage, belovedlife, homeschoolmom, habitandhome, purposefulliving, Homeschooling, deliberatemotherhood, prolife, advocate for life, MomStory, boymom, motherhoodrising, chasinglight, Family, motherhood, Empowermothers, acupofmotherhood, homeschoolmama, homeschoollife, Christian homeschool, Christ centered home, candidchildhood, ldshomeschoolers, ldshomeschool, familytime, developingthewholechild, homeschoolingbyheart, bepresent, Csw61, Gratitude, Homeschool, homeschoolfamily, intentionalliving, afullheartisagratefulheart, homeschool, ilovemyfamily, marriage and family, abundantlife, dailyparenting, prowoman Comments

a homeschool life conversation with maren jones

Hello! My name is Maren & I am the lucky wife of Dan Jones. We met on a blind date in high school & have been married for almost 18 years. We have 6 children: Averee 13.5, Adelyn 11.5, Owen 10, Reese 7, Gavin 4 & Fisher 3. We live in beautiful Southern Utah. We enjoy the outdoors; boating, camping, fishing, hiking, traveling, playing games, & watching movies. But nothing beats a date night, or even better-a vacation with just us two.