I have a word picture for you that is well known in our house. I think I heard it a few years back from a speaker somewhere and it really stuck with me. My kids have heard me use it before, but this week I actually drew them a picture and used a visual aid to bring home the point. Continue Reading →
I feel overwhelmed today and I know I am not alone. I suppose it doesn’t really matter where you are on the road of motherhood, the feeling of being overwhelmed reaches far and wide. Somedays I feel more overwhelmed than others. About once per month, if you know what I mean, I feel like giving up. I look at the Continue Reading →
Do you look in the backseat of your car and see the gifts that your children are to you or do you see baggage? Do you see what unique abilities God has placed in your children and then help them to reach their fullest potential? Maybe you think they are too little or maybe you just can’t seem to find Continue Reading →
I can clearly remember that moment when my daughter was still very little and I made a decision about her and my future children. I was standing outside of a Sunday School classroom and I noticed another little girl whose clothing was very mis-matched and she had topped off her outfit with sparkly, ruby-red slippers. I remember thinking, “I will Continue Reading →
I went to a MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) meeting tonight and this is what I heard while I was there. One of my closest friends said something like this, “The part-time job I do outside of our home is working with greeting cards, not people. My girls don’t exactly affirm the job I am doing as their mother. Where do Continue Reading →
“Her children will rise up and call her blessed.” – Proverbs 31:28a Woo hoo! I have reached the moment that every mother longs for. Today, out of nowhere, my 7 year-old son came to me and said, “Mommy, I just wanted to tell you that I think you are the best mommy in the whole world.” Can you believe that? Continue Reading →
I don’t know about you, but some days I am hard pressed to find a moment to just shut my brain off. Do you ever feel like that? Well, in those rare moments when I do get a thought to myself, I think about what I want my kids to be like when they grow up. I guess that’s kind Continue Reading →
Today I found my kids sitting on the couch, playing with a greeting card that one of my best friends sent to me. It was one of those singing ones. You know, the ones that play a song and scare the poop out of you when you open it? Well, it plays a song that is dear to the two Continue Reading →
“Believing in someone else, so they can believe in themselves, is a small but hugely significant act of leadership.” – Carly Fiorina Okay, I’m going to meditate on this quote a little bit. It has been rolling around in my head quite a bit lately. Just like I always do, when I read it for the first time, I began Continue Reading →