50 Days of Hope Verse Flipper
For those of you that have ordered my new book I Need Some Help Here! Hope for When Your Kids Don't Go According to Plan, I want to say a BIG THANK YOU! For you, I have this exclusive, limited time gift - 50 Days of Hope Through God's Word verse flipper. It is super...
Summer Sanity: A Mom’s Guide to a Great Summer
Summer is almost here and I know that you want to avoid "couch zombie" syndrome! Sure it's quiet when your kid's face is in a screen, but I'm pretty sure that the glazed look in his eyes is not a good sign. Why not have an unplugged, memory-making kind of summer?...
Mama Bear vs The Mean Girl
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. Philippians 2:3-4 When Annemarie was laid in my arms as a newborn, I felt the...
Small, Medium, Large- 3 Ways to Connect One on One with Your Child
There are all sorts of ways to do it, but here are three ways you can connect with each of your kids. GO Large Take Your Child on a one-on-one vacation. My friend Kim and her husband had long promised their children that when each of them turned sixteen, he or she...
2014 Things Challenge – Are you feeling behind? Don’t. You can do this.
After two book deadlines and a death in our family, I've gotten behind on the 2014 Things Challenge (haven't we all!?!) Well if you need a little inspiration, check out this post from Kori over at see-the-sunrise.com It's never too late! You can do this. Even if you...
Surviving Summer Vacation- Get it for FREE before it’s too late! (And would you share it so your friends can have the best summer ever?)
The release of my new book, I Need Some Help Here! Hope for When Your Kids Don't Go According to Plan, is just a few weeks away! And to get ready, I have a few great FREE resources to get you ready for summer with your kids. The first of these resources is my new...
Get a Preview Copy of My New E-book Surviving Summer Vacation Before it Releases!
Rarely does good trump business, but in this case, good kicked business in the behind. When my publisher, Revell, told me the release date of my new e-book, Surviving Summer Vacation: Plans and Prayers for a Mom's Sanity (May 6th) I may have had a slight panic attack....
Help an Imperfect Mom…
Do you have a blog? Just love Facebook or are a Twitter fiend? Would you like to be on our launch team for my latest book "I Need Some Help Here!" Hope for When Your Kids Don't Go According to Plan. All you need is at least one kid and a less than perfect parenting...
The Ideal Prayer for Busy Moms
I don't know when exactly I stopped praying. Just that, gradually, in the exhaustion and life changes of new motherhood, I stopped regularly reaching out to God. I knew I needed God. Boy, did I need him. I was a mess. An exhausted, weepy, milk-leaking time bomb of a...