Caitlin Henderson, Author at Her View From Home

Baby, Child
November 2, 2018
2 Minute Read

I Don’t Want to Tell My Kids How to be a Christian, I Want to Show Them

I don’t want to tell my kids how to be a Christian. I want to show them. I don’t want to tell them how to love Jesus. I want to show…

Baby, Child
October 18, 2018
2 Minute Read

It’s RSV Season—Please Don’t Kiss the Babies

I sat on the cold plastic couch as my husband held my shuddering body tightly in his arms. Our 6-week-old daughter didn’t even fight the doctors…

Journal, Living
September 25, 2018
2 Minute Read

To the Tired Farm Wife

I see you standing at your sink, head bowed in exhaustion. I see your aching heart, filled with loneliness. I see the tears fall and the sadness that…

Motherhood, School
August 6, 2018
2 Minute Read

It’s OK to Feel Sad About My Baby Starting Kindergarten

He made me a momma. At just a moment old, I gazed into his sweet eyes and he changed my whole world. I nursed him day and night, and I poured…

Kids, Motherhood
July 27, 2018
2 Minute Read

I Didn’t Blink But You Still Grew

He ran at me, ear-to-ear grin, and I stretched out my arms, ready for embrace. As I lifted him up to eye-level my arms shook. This boy who just…

Journal, Relationships
July 22, 2018
2 Minute Read

I Married a Farmer

I didn’t understand it, this love that farmers have for their work. The way they pour their hearts and souls into it. Why they would put in the…

Kids, Motherhood
July 10, 2018
2 Minute Read

I’ll Show You How to Be a Good Man, My Son

And the daddy took his little boy’s hand and said, I won’t tell you, I’ll show you. I’ll show you how to work hard until…

Journal
June 29, 2018
3 Minute Read

Long Hair Almost Killed My Daughter: One Mother’s Warning

Last night I let my exhaustion win out, and I brought our littlest into bed with me. My husband was out of town for work, so I decided I could share…

Journal
May 24, 2018
4 Minute Read

I Only Looked Away For a Moment…and My Son Disappeared

I take all the precautions with my children. I’ve even been labeled a helicopter mom, even though I call it cautious. My anxiety becomes…

Motherhood
January 30, 2018
2 Minute Read

The Work Can Wait, But Childhood Can’t

I’m cuddled on the couch with three littles who are fighting naps. We’re watching a classic Disney movie and enjoying some much-needed…