This weekend we are celebrating the life of Littlest One. He’s been trying to milk it all month long, but the real celebrating is now. Now is when we reflect back on his life and thank God that He has allowed Littlest One to be a part of our family. Frankly, after The Negotiator I hoped we were done. I Continue Reading →
In case you haven’t heard, there’s a reason for why I’ve been silent for quite a bit longer than I had originally anticipated. The week after I returned from camp with Mini-Me, I spent a good portion of it in the hospital with Daughter of Purpose. This was not planned. While DOP was playing tag at church, she fell awkwardly Continue Reading →
Dear Mommy Map readers,Oh how I love you so, yet you are being left unattended. You see, last week was a wild week and this week is about to get even wilder. I am off into the wild blue yonder with Mini-Me. We are headed to camp. I really didn’t want to continue your neglect (I had plans for auto-posting), Continue Reading →
In the past I’ve done some speaking on “parenting today with the future in mind.” Heck, it’s kinda how this blog got started. Parenting in such a way that we as parents are intentional in the way we parent. Parenting pro-actively instead of re-actively or as some say, parenting on purpose. One of the things I’ve encouraged others to do Continue Reading →
Now that summer is here, I seem to get more questions from other moms about how I deal with arguing among my children. I have this simple philosophy that I use all year long that seems to do the trick. I have to confess I stole it from my friend, Trina, a few years back. I think the use of Continue Reading →
The Mommy Map is mostly about parenting and marriage, but if you’re going to join me on this journey then you will also have to wander down the path with me as I wrestle with the unjust things of the world. I daily wrestle with the staggering statistics of the defenseless. Things like there being 147 million orphans in the world. There Continue Reading →
I think it’s a good sign when I find the neighbor kids in my house, claiming they are bored and dipping into our Boredom Bucket. What a sweet moment when they pulled the slip that required them to make something from recycled items and they did it!
Today we celebrate the birth of our Daughter of Purpose. She is turning 6 today, but yet this is only our third opportunity to celebrate with her. Her first 3 birthdays were in a Russian orphanage. Sometimes that fact grieves me, but yet I know that I cannot dwell on missing out on the joyous day of her birth. There is Continue Reading →
I am wrestling with a bout of tendonitis. My whole right arm is in quite a bit of pain. Thus I cannot do any of the things I enjoy, like crocheting or writing (paper or computer). I can’t even do the things I don’t enjoy doing like ironing or cleaning toilets. So I am doing my best to continue writing Continue Reading →
Today we celebrate the birth of The Negotiator. It was such fun to go back through pictures to post for you. Sometimes I wish I could just post a whole bunch of the “little preschool” I had going on. 4 under 4…how in the world did I do that? It was a very tough time, but yet I miss it. Continue Reading →