Five ways to become a more grateful mom…
Welcome Mom-Monday, everyone! I had so much fun talking with other moms about gratitude at the live webchat last week that I decided to do a two-part series about the topic…
Mom-Mondays – a time to share
Thanks for all of your sweet comments and emails wishing me well on my dental surgery last week. Everything went great and I’m pretty much back to normal, although I didn’t…
Little bits and pieces of happiness…
“I have to tell you the best thing,” my daughter said the other night, smiling. She’d just gotten home from youth group and finished brushing her teeth and putting her pajamas…
Five things our kids shouldn’t hear us say…
Thanks for joining me the past few weeks for my series Three Things Our Kids Need to Hear Us Say. In the same way that positive words impact our kids, negative words do…
Three things our kids need to hear us say – Week 3
Words are powerful. Especially the words of a mom. Today is the last day of my three week series on breathing love and encouragement into our kids through our words. I hope some of…
Three things our kids need to hear us say – Week 2
Words are powerful. Especially the words of a mom. So today, on Valentine’s Day, I’m continuing my three week series on breathing love and encouragement into our kids through our words… Three…
Three things our kids need to hear us say – Week 1
Words are powerful. Especially the words of a mom. They can lift our kids up, or they can break them down. They can give them the courage to make mistakes (or admit mistakes), or…
Our Family Creed
*Post originally published January, 2010. About five years ago, one of the pastors at our church spoke about the importance of creating a sense of team and vision within your own family. One…