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ABOUT MAGGIE WHITLEY DESIGNS:
Maggie Whitley weaves her writings around joy in motherhood, homemaking, faith, and simple living. She homeschools her children, enjoys a quiet room while reading, and roars with laughter over the challenges & delights of motherhood. Maggie and her husband, along with their four young children, live in metro Detroit. She has been writing online since 2008.
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JOY in motherhood & homemaking 🧺🌿💓✨

Thinking about some girlfriend time I’ve had rec

Thinking about some girlfriend time I’ve had recently and feeling so thankful for the women in my life who share their hearts and enjoy celebrating one another. Friendship like this is so needed! 💓💓 When we can be vulnerable and others can be receptive — that’s when the relationship grows! 💓💓

Wednesdays are “nature walk & journal day,” wh

Wednesdays are “nature walk & journal day,” which I find helpful. By mid-week, we all need some extra outside time. For today’s walk we are in Petoskey 👏🏻🍂🌲🍁🐕🌲

She’s blowing me out of the water with her secon

She’s blowing me out of the water with her second grade skills. Oh Natalie Rose, your love for reading, drawing and writing — basically your love for learning, is so fun to watch. I love that we share the same passions. ⭐️💓👏🏻📖 We are on our 4th year using @mfwbooks; this year we are supplementing with @thegoodandthebeautiful.

HALLOWEEN 🎃 2021 // Like usual, a little bit de

HALLOWEEN 🎃 2021 // Like usual, a little bit delayed in sharing but hey, I’ve been savoring the memories of the evening. We finally had a dry evening in Michigan: no snow, and no rain until the end 👏🏻. We visited our honorary grandparents in our neighborhood, and even our great grandma a mile away.

Those who need me as mama, those who call me “ma

Those who need me as mama, those who call me “mama dear,” have been put to bed. The house has cooled down, the floorboards have quieted, the dog is taking his fifth nap. My feet are up and I’m starting my next title: grad student. There are moments, probably every day, where I feel the stretching is too tight, where I’m afraid I’m going to snap. Sometimes I do snap. (I hate that.) But I also know this is my portion for this time in my life. I don’t have the answers for how to fit it all in, and I never fit it all in each day. Mothering and teaching and homemaking and teaching my children how to pray, listening and playing and making meals, studying and writing papers and asking God to help me understand what I’m learning and retain it — this is what fills my day. I feel like an old clock, the one where the big plastic number cards flip over as the time changes [click] to display the new time. The physical work of mothering is “put to bed,” but the theological side of mothering is just waking up. [click] A new portion of my life has flipped over: it’s time to pay attention.

I recently took my oldest girl on a library date “just so we could read together.” 💓💓💓💓💓💓💓 Oh my, that was a really special time. It’s hard to get away for “mama dates” when there are four little ones who want my undivided attention, but doing things that highlight their interests is so good for building our relationship & friendship. It’s just so fun when our interests collide! We are book worms, for sure! 💓🐛📖📚

Today I let my kids play hooky. The weather in Mic

Today I let my kids play hooky. The weather in Michigan has been gorgeous✨✨🌿, and all they want to do is build forts outside and eat meals outside and play on the swing-set and finish digging a hole to the other side of the world. So why say, “no”? Soon the weather will turn and it just won’t be the same type of autumn magic out there. Just look at the light breaking in through the trees... When they want to play outside and create games, when I overhear them giving math drills “just for fun” — why say no? So today I said, “yes.” 🌿🌤🌳

The weather in southeast Michigan has been so mild

The weather in southeast Michigan has been so mild for October, we’re loving it! Lots of trips to the park, library, and of course an abundance of time outside in our backyard with creative play. Notice the babydoll in her pink car seat? 💞👶🏼 I don’t have a newborn this year, but we always have extra babies we bring along 😉😉

I interrupted a tense portion of school for a roun

I interrupted a tense portion of school for a round of Hot Wheels in the Hallway! 🚗🏎🚕🚃🏁(It was successful! 👏🏻) This year I’m teaching 3rd grade, 2nd grade, Kinder and Preschool. If that sounds like a lot, IT IS A LOT, lol. But one day at a time, one day at a time 💞💞💞💞!

Week 3️⃣ of @moodyseminary Grad school begins

Week 3️⃣ of @moodyseminary Grad school begins today! 📖💕I can’t be on here long, I’m at my office today bc I’ve got 9 chapters of textbook reading this week, plus Bible reading and assignments to write 😍but this stuff makes me feel alive! I love it so.

Next week we begin our homeschool year(#4!) and just as well, I love teaching my children. 🙌🏻 Mama Maggie is alive 〰️what a wonderful feeling.

We’re gearing up for our FOURTH year of homescho

We’re gearing up for our FOURTH year of homeschool. ✏️🚂🖌🖼📚📓🔭How do I teach with four kids? We practice variety: we learn together, then we learn independently. My children “pair up” and teach each other something, or my olders read aloud to my youngers pairs. We play outside. They play outside ;) We have field trips, play dates, and dance parties. I’m gearing up for another year and have a post on some of the ways we’ve simplified our home in anticipation for all the learning we’ll do. #maggiewhitleydotcom #homeschool #charlottemasoneducation #surprisedbymotherhood

In May I gave a talk on Spiritual Mothering & Ment

A very belated anniversary photo - we celebrated 1

A very belated anniversary photo - we celebrated 13 years of marriage on June 7th 🔥😍🌿👏🏻 life keeps on getting better & better with this guy. I’m so glad he’s leading our family. @_zwhit

A little reminder to make the art, to share the ar

A little reminder to make the art, to share the art we make, to resist the internal urge to keep hidden the things that bring us joy. // I drew & painted some art for a large set of notecards for my MIL. I’m always doodling in my journals and sermon notes and grocery lists. Reminds me of a prompt from “The Hidden Art of Homemaking” by Edith Schaeffer to make the everyday beautiful by adding hand-drawn art. 💕🍊🍋🌿

My girls and me. ✨💓💜 belly laughs, baby do

My girls and me. ✨💓💜 belly laughs, baby dolls, and books. That about sums up our trio 👏🏻

I’m so tickled by this. Zack needed some real ho

I’m so tickled by this. Zack needed some real houseplants as set props for a commercial he was producing over the weekend. He called me and asked me to put a few on the porch to bring with. This is what I gave him. Haha! Plants make me very happy :) btw, considering the number of plants we have inside, this really is just “some” of them 😆🌿🌿🪴💕

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