Charming Daily Schedules for Children

When my five children were little, I had to organize their days. Each one had chores and schoolwork. They also needed order. They wanted the security and stability of knowing when they got to eat their meals, play outside, and what time they needed to go to bed.

In an effort to make their schedules fun [...]

What Dreams May Come

I had posted this on my personal blog, but I thought with the summer here and signing our kids up for sports and activities, this would be fitting.

My husband’s sport to play, watch and breathe is baseball.

He played baseball throughout his school years and even now plays on a Sunday Softball League. So when our [...]

Circus Act

As we entered the quiet, yet crowded doctor’s office, my 3 year old made it to the water fountain like she was drawn by an invisible magnetic force. Before I could sputter out my usual lie of desperation, “No. It’s broken”, she had it running, and already, a small puddle gathered at her feet, and a [...]

Mom2Mom: A Mother’s Prayer

I shared this on my personal blog, Real Heart Prints, and I just thought with Mother’s Day yesterday, this is so fitting….listen and enjoy, moms!

M2M: Ripple Effects

I wrote a post similar to this, on my personal blog, Real Heart Prints, but I just felt a nudging to share this here too.  Lately, I’ve just felt the Lord really nudging me to actually put thought behind the things that I do and say….as in, truly work and put effort into being nice [...]

M2M: A Lack of Motivation

This week has been a very rough week, just for me personally.  I’m not sure what has been going on, but I’ve been struggling in everything that I do.  I’m just keepin’ it real here.  I’ve still been working my behind off, but I’ve been seriously suffering from a complete lack of motivation.  What’s a [...]

M2M: 5 Surefire Ways to Beat Stress

Ever felt like you had so much spinning around in your head, that you were either going to collapse from exhaustion thinking about it all….or you were going to go check yourself into an insane asylum?  Yeah, been there, done that.:)  There are days where, I will admit, the stress of everything (especially as a [...]

M2M: Don’t Forget About Spring

There has been so much spring cleaning going on lately….not at my house yet:)….but I have friends who are, and I’ve read a lot of posts online related to spring cleaning, including this one, 5 Weeks to a Clean and Organized Home, that I found through Kim’s site, Homesteader’s Heart.

In all of the hustle and [...]

* Mom2Mom: I Was a Dog Today . . . . *

I was a dog today. . .
I got on my hands and (advanced-degenerative-arthritis-had-two-surgeries) knees, and chased my daughter around the house, barking like a dog. Then I let her chase me. We romped, we played, we chased, and we collapsed into giggles.

I was a nurse today . . .
When I heard a blood curdling scream [...]

You have Permission to be Yourself | Guest Post

Guest post with Heather from A Titus 2 Woman

I have the curricula, I have the plans, I have the dates of field trips, library times, the best days to go to the park all written down. I have a calendar full of gymnastics, music lessons, taekwondo classes, and assorted clubs. My kids are [...]

M2M: How to Be an Intentional Parent

There are so many posts out there on the subject of intentional parenting. There are many ideas out there on guiding your children, bringing them up in this crazy world we live in. So, I thought I’d add my two cents to the topic. Only with this post, I hope to give [...]

Before I was a Mom | Guest Post

Guest Post with Tracey from Girls to Grow

Before I was a mom, I….

wore dry-clean-only clothes
put on makeup every day
went to lunch at restaurants with fancy-sounding names
ate slowly and savored my food
could fit everything for a weekend trip into a small corner of the trunk
did minor amounts of laundry
could shop all day
had clean, non-fingerprinted glass [...]

M2M: The Little Red-Eyed Monster

Is the little red-eyed monster pervading your life?  A vlog from Mel:

To read more from Mel, visit her on her personal blog, Real Heart Prints.

M2M: A Remarkable Mom

I saw a video this last week about Barb Guerra, a truly remarkable person, a truly remarkable mom.  I think the video will pretty much say it all….but my goodness, what a remarkable mom she is….

On days when I don’t want to change that dirty diaper or wash those dishes….this is one story that comes [...]

M2M: The Proper Care & Feeding of Yourself

Have you ever gotten so busy in your day that you actually forgot to eat? You just kept going, and you realized later on that night, that the reason you were feeling so crumby, even to the point of feeling shaky, was that you hadn’t eaten anything since breakfast. I did that just [...]

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