Nov 23
I hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving. Ours was perfect filled with friends, family and great food and lots of ping pong :). This year I have been taking baby steps and working toward being a better Mom. I have noticed an overall sense of peace, contentment and love in our home since I have …
Nov 15
This week was the first snow of the season and we had lots of fun making snow angels, shoveling the driveway together, and playing in the snow. Well, we’re already on month 4, week 2 of the Parenting Plan. I have been working on listening to my kids more this month. I have found when …
Nov 15
I don’t think I ever wrapped up month 3 before moving on to month 4. So, in month 3 I have been working on giving my kids more hugs and reporting on the results each week. The results have been incredible, I can’t even begin to say how helpful this challenge has been to me …
Oct 17
If you haven’t been keeping up with my monthly goals, this month I have been working on giving my kids more hugs. This is my second week with this goal, but generally I choose a different parenting goal each month and do baby steps to achieve it. That’s just how I work best. It hasn’t …
Aug 29
School started this last week for my kids. All 3 are going to school this year with the youngest being in half-day kindergarten at a local charter school. I love watching the kids grow up and achieve great things and become leaders and scholars in their respective classes. However, I always get a little emotional …
Aug 22
Sometimes my kids make faces at me like this one because to be honest, well, let’s face it, I have a house to clean, errands to run, dinner to make, laundry to fold, kids to raise, volunteer hours to log, money to make, and many other responsibilities that cannot fully be listed in one blog …
Jul 15
This is the last week in my parenting plan for this month and so far it has been a really great experiment for me as a Mom. I haven’t been perfect at it, but I have tried really hard. Today at Church one of the speakers talked about how spending time with your children is …
May 21
My oldest daughter will be 11 years old soon and she is stuck in that pre-teen whirlwind of getting her feelings hurt almost every day for feeling like her friends are leaving her out and ignoring her. She cries nearly every night because she feels like she doesn’t have very many friends at school or …
May 17
I have been reading an autobiography Heaven is Here by Stephanie Nielson. It is written by the creator of the popular blog Nie Nie Dialogues. You have probably seen her on any number of daytime TV shows. She inspired me when I saw her on the Oprah Show a few years ago. Her outright faith, …
May 16
So yesterday I posted this on Facebook: “I had a lightbulb moment last night. I am one of those stressed out Moms that doesn’t fully listen to what the kids say all the time and I was reminded that my 11 year old needs me more than ever. I really want to change, I just …
