Here are a couple of tips if you are wading through the waters of sleepless nights, sickness, trials or another difficultly that is placing you in the city of survivallville. I feel like our family just got out of it and then sometimes I think we have other weeks where we are visiting there again, so these are just practically things …
When your baby doesn’t sleep
*I wrote this post about a year or so ago about the journey with my first born and not sleeping. I thought it would encourage some of my friends who are going through this today. This is just to encourage the other moms out there who every single night go to bed hoping that they have finally found the …
Mommy guilt or Mommy pride?
People using the phrase “mommy guilt” is every present in this culture as a feeling of guilt when they perceive they aren’t being the best they can be, or are doing life differently than other moms. I was having a conversation the other day with my husband about this; he simple said “that’s not guilt, that’s pride.” Ouch! That was …
My greatest struggle in Motherhood
The sun is rising on a beautiful morning. Feeling refreshed after a long night of sleep, I have my hot coffee in one hand and my beautiful journal and Bible in the other; it’s just me and God, no noise, no distractions. These are the mornings and moments that I long for, that every part of me deeply desires. In …
To the ones who have walked before us
When I became a mom I realized like never before that there existed a group of women that were so hungry for wisdom: young moms. I told my mom that I saw an area where older women could make the biggest impact on our generation and the generations to come by pouring into young moms. You see, as you invest …
Stressful Sundays
Am I the only mom who sometimes dreads Sunday mornings? It can be the most stressful morning of the whole week and if we don’t go into it prepared we can be one frazzled family showing up to church. From the unexpected nightly feedings which call for extra exhaustion, to our “alarm clocks”–a.k.a. babies–unexpectedly sleeping in, to blow outs, to …
Betty Crocker and Real life
This is a picture of our dinner the other night (chicken cutlets, homemade biscuits, butterbeans, roasted spiced potatoes and salad). I wanted to post this picture for you to know this is NOT typical at my house. Instead of you seeing this picture and thinking “wow they must eat gourmet all the time” I want you to see this picture …