Wow, has it really been a month since I’ve posted?? I can’t tell you how much I appreciate your patience with me and sticking around while I’ve been so quiet! We arrived safe and sound in the States and promptly hit the ground running. We’ve not stopped traveling in some form or fashion in the 3.5 weeks we’ve been here! …
A Fun New Monthly Series!
If you’ve spent any time around here at all, then you probably know that hubs and I have three amazing kids. Two girls, ages 8 and 5, and a wacky lil’ man who is 2. I never would have made it through each pregnancy, delivery and early days without the amazing support, encouragement and advice from other mamas just a …
So It’s A New Year. Now What?
It takes me by surprise every year. Not the fact that the calendar changes over once again. Or how time seems to be accelerating at break neck pace. But nearly every year I’m taken aback that I wake up New Year’s Day just as stressed, worried, burdened as I was when I went to bed on New Year’s Eve. Somehow …
An Irish Christmas Blessing
I hope you and your family have a wonderful, safe, happy and blessed Christmas! Click on over to The Better Mom as I share a lovely Irish blessing with you!
No Place Like Home
Few things bring more joy into a home than the holidays. The sights, smells, sounds and warmth of family joining together does a heart and soul more good than one could fully express. And few things can bring more loneliness, pain and heartache. Particularly if you are away from family as you celebrate. We have been out of the U.S. with …
Put Your Hands in the Air
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but raising kids is hard. Whether you have family around or not; a huge church or just a couple of like-minded folks; whether you have one kiddo or ten. It’s heart wrenching, twenty-four-seven, soul-aching-full-of-love hard work. And like most things that are hard, the rewards are almost incalculable. When that hard work includes shepherding young …
Don’t Talk Back to Me, Mister!
If your kids are anything like mine, they always use their most polite tone of voice, words and phrases. They are never disrespectful, rude or selfish. And their speech always reflects it. HA! As our kids are growing, so is our repertoire of things tried (and failed) in attempting to raise them to be all those things above: polite, respectful, …
Gandalf Died…And God Spoke to My Heart
Have you ever seen a movie so many times you can nearly quote it verbatim? Start noticing weird things in the background? That’s me with the Lord of the Rings films. I don’t know why, but the you go. I was recently watching them again, while in bed sick, and something jumped out at me…hit me like a tonne of …
How A Spiral Brought Me Closer to God
It may come as a surprise to you that with 3 children ages 7 and under, I struggle to get good, quality time alone with God. (note the dripping sarcasm….) I have been begging God to give me more of Himself…to fill my day with things of and from Him. And to fill me with His wisdom, even when I …
Running On Empty?
I don’t know about you, but sometimes the middle of summer finds my mommy tank running a little low. It does the whole family a world of good for me to find ways to refill that tank. That old adage, If Momma ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy? Yeah, that’s super true in our house. If you need a few ways …