What Happens When An Eighteen Year Old Has A Miscarriage?

by Mandy Pagano I imagine a girl. I picture strawberry blonde curls bouncing off small, rounded shoulders and a dimpled smile that lights up a room. I envision a smattering of freckles dancing across cheeks the color of buttercream. Sadly, all I have is my imagination. I never had the opportunity to hold my baby…

Self- Esteem and Food Related Issues

Series Starting June 1st, 2015  Angel at Vision61.com and Lisa Brown at CommunityMoms.wordpress.com – will be starting a series about Self-esteem and Food related issues. This series will start June 1st on Monday!  We have a wonderful group of writers who will be sharing their stories with us. Stories to encourage and give us hope…

How to Make Great Expectations

By Janis Cox  In order to have a sense of self-worth, children need to know that they can indeed do things for themselves. Don’t stifle their drive. I grew up with a lovely, caring mother and father. My mother loved to serve and I am sure she had the gift of help. She did everything…

Food: Lies We Believe and Truth That Sets Us Free

Series Starting June 1st, 2015  Angel at Vision61.com and Lisa Brown at CommunityMoms.wordpress.com – will be starting a series about Self-esteem and Food related issues. This series will start June 1st on Monday!  We have a wonderful group of writers who will be sharing their stories with us. Stories to encourage and give us hope…

Building Self-Worth in the Anxious Child

 By Grace Children with Generalized Anxiety Disorder are nervous. They are concerned about everything. Trying to figure out what to wear in the morning can send them into a fit of tears. Difficulty with an art project might end with screaming and running into another room. Because of this, they are very hard on themselves…

Fridays With Beth Biggers

Beth Biggers I’ve been thinking a lot about fruitfulness lately. I have a beautiful apricot tree in my front yard and most years it doesn’t produce anything. It will flower out and then the freeze gets it before anything can come of those precious blossoms. This year is different. My tree is covered in fruit.…

Thursday’s With Kaylie Hodges

Safe Places Sometimes parenting makes me want to throw a fit. Day in and day out of watching my toddlers dissolve into hysterics over…well…anything, makes me want to lie down and do the same. But motherhood doesn’t allow for much of that does it? We wipe bottoms and we wipe tears. We dole out consequences…