“Parenting today with the future in mind” is the tagline of this blog. It is such because I am a firm believer in not just surviving each day as a mom, but instead building into my children’s future with each passing day. Not every day cracks up to be that way, but it is the mentality at the forefront of Continue Reading →
Wouldn’t it be great if our children came with a money-back guarantee? Maybe even a 3-year or 30,000 mile warranty or at the very least–a manual of what to expect from this particular “model.” Something–anything, so we could feel like we knew what we were in for. I think that’s what we all want. We want to know that when Continue Reading →
Lately my brain has felt like mush. We’ve recently added a new family member to our car along this journey and I feel like I’ve been catapulted right back to the newborn phase. Our new member is 4 years old so it’s not like I’m up all night nursing a baby, but there are a lot of similarities–right down to Continue Reading →
“Internal joy cannot be perceived by children. They need external joy to be seen on your face.” A few months back a friend of mine was speaking and when she spoke the above words, they jumped out at me. It’s from a book we’ve read, but at the moment I cannot remember where in the book it is. I suppose Continue Reading →
“Life doesn’t get easier, it just gets different.” I ran across this quote today and now I’m chewing on it. Some older, wiser mom said it to me back when I was in that phase of life where I was swimming in diapers and wanted nothing more than to be done with it all. It made me do some thinking Continue Reading →
Instead of re-inventing the wheel and trying to craft a story to pass on this information, I thought I would just share the real question from a mother of preschoolers that was asked of me this week and my response. Question:Lately, I’ve been thinking of a way to be more transparent with my kids about my faith. How do you Continue Reading →
I was having one of “those” days a few days back and it caused me to dwell a little more on the things I’ve sacrificed as a mom. This time I wasn’t doing it as a means to think positive. In reality, I was being a martyr because I was having the type of day where I was contemplating selling Continue Reading →
As I spoke at MOPS last night and I saw a lot of serious faces in the crowd, I realized that when I talk about “Parenting with the Future in Mind”, it can be a such a serious topic. It can kind of kick you in the pants, but I personally like getting that “kick” every once in a while Continue Reading →
As I stood at the counter in my kitchen in my nice warm house and I looked out the window into my wintry backyard at my bare fruit trees, I had this thought. Just like caring for fruit trees is a lot of work, so is parenting. Parenting is certainly not for sissies. It is definitely not for those faint Continue Reading →
As I came around the corner, I found my Littlest One putting a bag of unopened Cool Ranch Doritos into a gift bag and getting ready to stuff in some tissue paper to finish up his wrapping job. Luckily, I had one of those “frozen moments” so I was able to think about what came out of my mouth next Continue Reading →