Another huge worry as a mother is that our children need to be perfect, but perfect kids don’t exist. Our children are born sinners and our children will sin. With this in mind, we don’t totally give up as mothers and let them run their own course, but we cannot allow the mistakes of our …
We all want to be the perfect mother. Today, more than ever we have expectations coming from sources all around us. As mothers we feel like we need to have the best-behaved children, cleanest house, nightly home-cooked meals, all the while being crafty. We do not have to be Pinterest perfect to be used by …
One of the biggest obstacles that most mom’s face is worry. We worry about the present; are we raising our kids correctly? We worry about the future; will my kids turn out alright? We worry about their physical health, emotional status, and worldly success. With so much worry we can many times get bogged down …
No matter what our circumstances or lot in life we have all been affected by motherhood and we have all either had or been a mother. Motherhood can be one of the most daunting tasks faced by women today. Women want and strive to be the best mother around and when we feel like we …
If your family is like my family, then we struggle with something that our entire family can watch and enjoy. Unfortunately, the media that we have access to does not meet the standards that we want for ourselves or our children. About three years ago we were introduced to a series called, “The Chosen.” Since …
For a busy mom I never had time to truly sit down and journal. I wanted to remember what had happened on a particular day, but always felt like journaling involved carving out time and writing a full page of the events that occurred. Many times, I would start strong, but would get behind or …
A new year, a new resolution, a new book recommendation. For most of my life, I had been like everyone else in that I would make New Year’s resolutions. Being a natural-born goal-setter, this actually worked quite well for me. However, there were times that I would break my resolutions, or my resolutions were nearly …
I know some of you think I am probably crazy to already be thinking about Christmas 2023. Honestly, I am not really that over-the-top. However, there is one tip that I want to give you now as it is imperative you start soon to get the true benefit of the program. When I was going …
In December of 2016 we started a tradition without even realizing it. Those traditions seem to always be the best as they happen so naturally. In 2016 we decided to take an afternoon trip to Nashville to visit ICE! We had a 2 year old and 5 year old, but loaded up in the car …
For most Americans, the biblical Christmas story is one that has been told hundreds of times. For some of us it has been told so many times that the wonder and message become watered-down. The story of the birth of Christ, the shepherds, and the wise men has become a routine tradition as part of …
