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The Importance of Family Dinner & Better Mom Monday’s Link-up!
Most families today have full lives – kids included. In a world of extracurricular activities, work for Dad and/or Mom, church nights, school, volunteer opportunities, errands and more!, we can feel a...
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25 Ways to Bless Your Child(ren)
In my continual quest to become a better mother, I recently jotted down 25 ways to bless my children. This is the type of list that will vary by family, child, and mother, however, I feel led to share...
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You are not “just a mom”
Being a mom isn’t about your place in life right now, it is about your purpose in life. God has blessed you, entrusted you, and promised to empower you by His grace to live out this mission of...
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Grab a Glass Half-Full of Acceptance & Better Mom Monday’s Link-up!
Being happy doesn’t mean that everything is perfect. It means that you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections. – Author unknown. Up until a couples of years ago I was in the habit of getting down...
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The Perfect Parent {who are we learning from?}
I’ve always been a reader. I read every chance I get. My husband even laughs at me because I read books while I brush my teeth. (I figure, I might as well make use of that time!) So, I’m always...
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The Bravery of Motherhood
Nobody told me how brave I would have to be. There were the two pink lines, and then the loss of a little life, and a grieving process for a baby we never knew. And then there was the waiting, and two...
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A Perfect Plan {facing the unknown in pregnancy}
With one hand she wiped away tears that escaped her light blue eyes. The other hand was placed under her life-filled belly. She spoke to me with a soft and gentle voice, “I’m nineteen weeks along and...
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Overcoming Anger With Eternity
Eternity changes everything. I’ve written in the past about why I don’t want our children to feel at home here. Because– I want their true home to be in Heaven. But… I’ve also come to realize that...
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Using God’s Word to Correct in Your Family
Reboot. Or maybe boot camp. Something of a control-alt-delete sequence is how this parenting class has felt for me. My husband and his friend have been leading a parenting class at our church. As...
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What am I — the household servant?
I thought I’d outgrown that kind of pettiness. But there I was on weary feet, in a sticky kitchen, mind swirling through the two hundred tasks I’d checked off my list and the dozens of to-do’s yet...
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The Mommy Guilt Cure
It was one of those really bad parenting weeks for me. You know the ones I’m talking about. When our patience runs thin, our tone of voice loses it’s softness, and we react with emotion rather than...
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