Abby Sasscer says our role as a parent is not to react negatively right away but to remain calm and teach our children acceptable and unacceptable behavior.

Is God forgotten in the course of your busy day? Abby Sasscer has four simple ways to stay more connected to our Lord in the busyness of our daily lives.

One of the most common of my many New Year's resolutions is to become a more patient mother and teacher. Every year, it seems that I start strong but my efforts slowly fizzle out by the last week of January. My greatest challenge is to able to teach my children how to behave in ways that are pleasing to the Lord without becoming impatient and frustrated myself.

Abby Sasscer has four simple solutions to calmly change things that typically cause anxiety and behavior meltdowns in public into precious teaching moments.

In the first part of her Conquering The Great Paper Trail series, Abby shares a simple tool that will help your organize paperwork!

In honor of St. Therese's Feast Day, Abby Sasscer shares her story about how her Little Flower Novena helped her discern to stay home and raise her family.

by Abby Sasscer | Although I really wanted to finish my task, I decided to look into her hazel eyes, take her tiny hand and ask if she wanted to dance.

by Abby Sasscer | When my children were babies, it was so much easier to bond with them. I could easily “wear” them inside...

by Abby Sasscer | The more time I devote to prayer, the more I realize that one of the things I need to work on is to listen more and better...

by Abby Sasscer | As I look back during the past year, I try to find ways to become a better Catholic, wife, mother and neighbor.

by Abby Sasscer | Today, we’ll be looking at our tiny spaces, namely, our laundry closet, linen closet and hallway bath. Tiny spaces in tiny homes need a WHOLE LOT of creativity.

by Abby Sasscer | Today, we’ll be looking at The Boys’ Room. Since my parents were slowly transitioning into retirement, my father temporarily stayed...

by Abby Sasscer | When Baby Girl felt she was ready to move in her sister’s room, our challenge was to make them feel like they had their own “special space”. This took a bit of creativity since the space we were working with was so limited. When Baby Girl is a bit older, we will eventually move a bunk bed in here to make their special space a bit more permanent.

by Abby Sasscer | The biggest change in our family this year is that Baby girl decided that she was ready to sleep in the “big” girls’ room with her sister. My heart is aching from this inevitable change and I’m still not used to seeing all this empty space at the foot of our bed. Sniff...sniff…..

by Abby Sasscer | Every time I do a meet-and-greet with mothers after my Project Nazareth talks, many of them have suggested that I be open to giving an online tour of our home. And while I thought the idea was great, a part of me wanted to keep our cottage out of the public eye.

by Abby Sasscer | Spring is definitely in the air and what better time to declutter and organize our domestic church than during this beautiful season of Lent. Despite the on-again, off-again winter weather we’ve been experiencing here in Virginia, the Great Purge of 2014 is well underway in our little home in the hills.

As soon as my baby girl turned seven months old, I started feeling ill. And it wasn't the typical "I'm coming down with a cold" kind of ill. I was having a very difficult time breathing. As a busy mom, I dismissed it as the usual effects of sleep deprivation. I went to the hospital just to be sure, but they sent me home after all the test results came out normal.

Several years ago, I received a phone call from a dear friend who invited me to take a free shopping spree at Costco Wholesale Club. The offer was so tempting since anything and everything I would purchase that day would all be paid for. I was so floored by such a generous offer that I felt like one of those eager contestants who had just won the grand prize in “Supermarket Sweep.”

Abby Sasscer, homeschool mom of 3 and public speaker on simpler living, shares her top 3 benefits to living with less and 7 steps to a simpler home!

When I was four years old and living in the Philippines, there was an elderly man who would come around our street once or twice a month to beg for food. He was ill and had a difficult time speaking. Nobody in the neighborhood seemed to know his name. Every time he came, my Lolo, or grandfather, greeted him with a hearty "Hello My Friend!" From then on, all of us children called him "My Friend".