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Gretchen Ronnevik

@garonnevik

Farm wife. Mother to 6. Author of "Ragged: Spiritual Disciplines for the Spiritually Exhausted." Co-host of @freelygiven1517 podcast.

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3 kids this weekend. (14, 12, 8) 5 of our kids home starting tomorrow. (21, 19, 14, 12, 8) ALL 6 KIDS HOME ON FRIDAY. (21, 19, 16, 14, 12, 8) Then back to 4 kids for the next week (21, 14, 12, 8) Then 3 kids the next week (14, 12, 8) Then 4 kids until school starts (16, 14, 12,

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Today we break ground for a new farm workshop/office. The decision to move the headquarters of the farm hasn’t been without big emotions and mountains of stress the last few years. Since Knut and his cousin/partner can’t farm and build at the same time, we have a building crew

Today we break ground for a new farm workshop/office. The decision to move the headquarters of the farm hasn’t been without big emotions and mountains of stress the last few years. Since Knut and his cousin/partner can’t farm and build at the same time, we have a building crew
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Adult kids are home this week. They’re so fun. Our adult son is used to being an early riser, so I woke up to Johnny Cash playing, while he was playing Uno with all the littles.

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I’ve learned not to wait for my house to be clean to have people over, and not wait until my hair and makeup is done for my kids to snap pictures of me. The kittens opened their eyes now. We don’t hold them long, so mama cat doesn’t get too nervous.

I’ve learned not to wait for my house to be clean to have people over, and not wait until my hair and makeup is done for my kids to snap pictures of me. 

The kittens opened their eyes now. We don’t hold them long, so mama cat doesn’t get too nervous.
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Knut: S, can you do the dishes while Mom is cooking? S (21): Sure! Can I get B to help dry? B (8): Awwwww..... S: C'mon B! Let's cleanse this pile of metal and ceramic from their sins with water, so that they can fulfill their intended vocations! Yeah...she's mine.

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Thoughts on marriage on our 23rd anniversary Neither one of us ever believed in soulmates, or that there's one person out there you have to find. Marriage is a vocational calling to love someone, and God gave us a head start as we fell in love with each other. We were friends

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I hear about the camp in Texas, and I have a little boy that age, and I just can’t. I can’t. And my kids are going to their camp. And I just don’t know how to even think of something like this. So I just helplessly pray for the families walking through the darkest of valleys.

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A quote I recently came across that I keep thinking about, in relation to marriage decline, birth decline, and the extremists taking over both sides of politics. And I keep coming back to the profound gospel that Christ came for sinners. — Interviewer: "what's something you used