Jessconnell

“How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!”
― John Muir, The Mountains of California

“When we mother well, we teach our children to embrace the moral obligations that build solid relationships, healthy marriages, and secure families.”
― Jani Ortlund, Fearlessly Feminine: Boldly Living God's Plan for Womanhood

“I thought that teaching twenty-eight energetic and needy children how to read had to be the hardest job on earth. I was wrong - mothering was. Now I had to give up my right to sleep when I needed it, to a meal without interruptions, to relaxation when I wanted it, and most importantly, my right to withdraw when I felt overwhelmed.”
― Jani Ortlund, Fearlessly Feminine: Boldly Living God's Plan for Womanhood

“Nay then, but let me give to Him not what I value least, but what I prize and delight in most.”
― Elizabeth Prentiss, Stepping Heavenward