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...
Ten Ways to Connect with Your Kids Outside
Spending time outside does not have to just be camping, as much fun as that is, but there are many ways to get the kids outside in the fresh air while spending quality time connecting with your children. Ones that don't include going to the bathroom in the forest....
How Can I Teach My Children to Serve?
Connecting with your child is important to the atmosphere in a home. There are many ways you can connect with your kids. Serving is not only one way, but a commandment from God. Here are three ways that you can teach your child to serve: Model service yourself. This...
5 Ways to Make Your Home a Haven
Burning a candle is a sure fire way (See what I did there?) to create a warm and inviting atmosphere in your home. But that is just one example of the outward atmosphere. We need to think about the heart of a home in order to really make it a haven. Here are five...
15 Things You can Say to Encourage Your Kid Right Now
Loving your husband will go along way to make a child feel loved and encouraged. And doing things for your child is a great way to connect with them. But with today's busy schedules, it is not easy to do special things for the kids all of the time. We think...
How to Go from being an Ordinary Mom to A Legacy Maker
Ahem…. Well, it happened. My 10-month-old granddaughter kicked my butt. Yep, this new grandma found herself struggling with a diaper that resembled the aftermath of an atomic blast. Residue, aka baby poo, squirted forth in all directions as squiggling arms and...
No Miss America Here
I met my husband James in grad school where strangely enough, I studied alongside other students who had been Miss Oregon, Miss California, and even a future Miss America. Let's face it. We women are prone to comparisons. When I think about those beauty pageant...
Connect With Your Kids – Fifteen Dollar Family Fun Night
Is it really possible to feed a family of six and have fun, all for fifteen dollars? I dare you to find out! We found many benefits of trying to pack as much fun in with the least amount of money: * Not only did Family Fun Night give us an opportunity to spend...
How Do I Connect With My Kids?
God gave the right parent to the right kid. There are days when this statement couldn't feel further from the truth. You feel ill- equipped to meet your child's physical , emotional, and spiritual needs. Because , for the most part, you are. God wants you to rely...
When it comes to your home, peace is possible…
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