I am Dorinda Wilson, wife to Daryl for 30 years, mom to eight kids, ages 15 to 29, and Nana to six kids.

We've been homeschooling for over 24 years. I guess I should have said

six grandkids, not six more kids. Anyway, I am here today to bring you some encouragement on

natural ways to take care of our family. Now, as soon as I have a minute here, I will introduce

our guest, but I want to tell you guys a couple of things first. If you aren't a regular listener,

you might not know that I have written a couple of books. One is called

The Unhurried Homestchooler. It is a simple, mercifully short book on homeschooling, and you can

find that on Amazon. And I also have a devotional written specifically for homeschool moms called

Unhurried Grace for a Mom's Heart. 31 Days in God's Word, you can also find that on Amazon.

Now, in the last week's podcast, I shared this as well, but I've always been honest with all of you,

and I just have to be transparent and say that I am experiencing some serious burnout right now.

So my body is transitioning into menopause and there are times when it really affects

my energy level.

So that being said, after prayer and talking to my husband and getting some wise counsel,

I am taking a sabbatical from recording new podcasts. So all the ones I've already recorded will be up

there for you to listen to and hopefully you'll go back and listen to the ones you haven't listened to yet.

It's not an easy thing to let go of because the podcast has actually been growing like crazy,

which means God is using it to bring a lot of

encouragement to moms, and I absolutely love that. But this is his podcast, and my first priority

is to walk in obedience to him, whatever the cost. So, like I said before, I hope that you will

all still continue to listen to any podcast that you haven't had a chance to yet.

I will be sharing on social media a countdown of the top 10 of all time of my podcasts.

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