Author: Shannon

I am wife to Stewart, mama of six, homeschooler, messy cook, and avid fermenter. This is where I tell our story... of building a sustainable off-grid homestead... of raising this growing family of ours... of the beauty and the hard and the joy in all of it.

My One Goal For The New Year

photo credit Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. ~Ephesians 5:22~ (emphasis mine) I must have read that verse fifty times before the Holy Spirit really drove it home. It is revolutionary in these times to think of our husbands this way – to serve and submit to them as if…

A Blogging Year in Review

photo credit This has been the inaugural year for Nourishing Days and I can’t believe how much this year has brought. This blog has evolved into something I never imagined. The new opportunities for learning, sharing, and growing have been such a blessing and continue to surprise me every week. In the spirit of reviewing…

Unexpected Break

You may be wondering why this space has been so quiet this past ten days. I didn’t plan to, but I took a blogging break, and it was the best thing for us. I actually was out of town for about five days while my husband did an amazing job caring for our boys and…