I almost had a meltdown over a bottle of apple juice. Lunch was very late that afternoon, and I had already been feeling behind from the minute I woke up. The clock I was trying to beat all day declared its victory over me as I struggled to transition my kids out of "school and play mode" to sit down at the table for a hodgepodge meal I wasn't ... Read More...
To The Mom Who Believes Her Work Is Ordinary
One of the biggest lies these days is that your act of mothering is unimportant. That what you do every day is so ordinary, you can easily be replaced with a daycare worker or teacher. That you should be doing something else more significant, more valuable. This lie from the pit of hell has been packaged and sold in various forms to women ... Read More...
5 Ways God Uses Our Kids To Teach Us
I sat there straining to hear a video I was looking forward to watching, over the shrieks of my exuberant children. This wasn't the first time I'd tried to concentrate while being painfully aware that it was pointless, because whatever I was trying to accomplish would be trumped by the urgent needs of two small humans. "Mommy, I need more toilet ... Read More...
4 Strategies To Combat Feeling Judged
With Memorial Day marking the beginning of summer for those of us who live in the Northern Hemisphere, this means kids home from school, backyard barbecues, long days spent relaxing at the pool... and consumer reports about the 10 worst sunscreens on the market. When an article surfaced recently about a toddler who suffered second degree burns ... Read More...
4 Ways To Stop Feeling Defeated By A Mom Fail
Have you ever had one of those weeks where you were just rocking motherhood? Where all your responses to your children were tempered with grace and you knew exactly what to say at just the right moment? Maybe you disciplined with wisdom, carefully avoiding that line between punishment and correction. You stayed on top of all the housework ... Read More...
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