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 →

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 →

Book Review: Always Watching by Lynette Eason

by Amanda Wells // February 19, 2016 // No Comments

Intensity. Skill. Tenacity. The bodyguards of Elite Guardians Agency have it all. When it becomes clear that popular psychiatrist and radio personality Wade Savage has a stalker, his father secretly hires Elite Guardians to protect his son. But when Wade’s... Continue reading →

Book Review: Where She Belongs by Johnnie Alexander

by Amanda Wells // January 27, 2016 // 2 Comments

Pain. Loss. Death. Change. Shelby Kinkaid, a recent widow, uproots her two young daughters from their home, moves hundreds of miles away and buys her childhood home in the country. Raising her children where she grew up won’t be as... Continue reading →

The Perfect Getaway Weekend

by Amanda Wells // January 21, 2016 // 2 Comments

If I had a quarter for every person who asked Hubs if he was Hugh Jackson this weekend, I’d have been able to pay for our expensive seafood dinners! Seriously…I’m going to start handing out pictures with Hubs’ signature “Wolverine,”... Continue reading →

The Farm Wyfe

Faith, Family, and Farming

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