Raising relational kids beyond the rules

by Amanda Wells // May 3, 2019 // No Comments

“Oh you better believe I’m going to be there when my sister has a baby! I’m going to be there for ALL the special moments!” declared my 11-year-old at the breakfast table. We were imagining the future, 10 or... Continue reading →

Becoming a Prayer Warrior, not a Prayer Wimp

by Amanda Wells // December 10, 2017 // 4 Comments

This post contains affiliate links. It was a Hail Mary pass kind of prayer. My day started full of frustrations, difficult obstacles, and children challenging my authority at every opportunity. Disheartened, I locked myself in the bathroom, praying for energy... Continue reading →

4 Ways to Encourage Your Tween Girl: A Deeper Relationship with God

by Amanda Wells // October 7, 2017 // 12 Comments

This post may contain affiliate links, which means it doesn’t cost you anything but I may receive a few pennies if you click on it. 😉 Happy birthday! Today, we celebrated another year older with our firstborn! It’s crazy how time... Continue reading →

Daring to Hope: An Unchanging God

by Amanda Wells // October 2, 2017 // No Comments

My friend introduced me to Kisses from Katie by Katie Davis years ago. This young girl from Tennessee left for a mission trip to Uganda over her Christmas break and returned with a passion for those people so she returned.... Continue reading →

How to hear a heart drop + loving others

by Amanda Wells // November 15, 2016 // 16 Comments

There are oodles of people hurting in all kinds of ways right now. Including ourselves. Me and you. It’s easy to avoid people when we are hurting or even lash out because hurting people hurt people. But what if we... Continue reading →

Sea Rose Lane book review

by Amanda Wells // July 1, 2016 // No Comments

If you read any book this summer, read Sea Rose Lane. If anyone has the power to make a grown woman cry, it’s Irene Hannon. Her latest novel, Sea Rose Lane, set in the small coastal town of Hope Harbor, will... Continue reading →

The Atonement by Beverly Lewis

by Amanda Wells // June 17, 2016 // No Comments

Back Cover: The mistakes of the past haunt Lucy Flaud, now twenty-five and beyond Amish courting age. Instead, Lucy focuses on volunteering in both the Plain and fancy communities of Lancaster County. Yet no matter how hard she strives, she never... Continue reading →

The Farm Wyfe

Faith, Family, and Farming

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