Every year on New Year’s Eve my Dad would make ice cream sodas. They were the best tasting drinks ever. He would first put a spoonful of vanilla ice cream in a tall glass. Pour some pop in. It would be either strawberry or orange. I couldn’t tell you which one I loved the most.…
Parenting is not about doing everything right all the time and having it all together every moment of the day. We want to do things well and not fail. It’s hard to mess up and get back up. Yet we do. Why? Because being a Mom is an important job and we have too. We…
I enjoy reading books to my children and when Janis Cox our Community Mentor Mom shared The Kingdom of Thrim with me I was thrilled. I think it’s hard to find good books for children that teach life lessons that include God. Janis did an awesome job writing this story and I’m delighted to recommend this…
Just like Mr. Martin Luther King Jr., I too have a dream. It might not seem as grand as his. No one but me and God might know it exists. But it’s there. Deeply routed in who I am, extending to every fiber of my being. My dream is a beautiful one, but dangerous. For…
Motherhood is messy. My four-year-old, Eli, was recently given some Play-Doh® toysets by a neighbor whose son has outgrown playing with them. She also gave him some brand new Play-Doh® to use with the sets. I have a love/hate relationship with Play-Doh®. Play-Doh® is such a great tool for creative play…
“Lisa, I’m burned out. I never thought I’d get tired of being a stay at home mom and homeschooling my four kids. I just want to hide my head under the sheets in the morning instead of get up. I’m not depressed. I’m just tired of being tired. My patience is gone. I feel…
“Children reinvent your world for you.” – Susan Sarandon This might sound silly, but I had no idea how hard it is to be a mother until I became one. No one could have prepared me beforehand on how motherhood can: Stretch You: Yeah, I knew about the pregnancy stretch marks,…
Someone once asked me to summarize motherhood into a four minute spiel. I had a small panic attack over how to cram such an all-consuming topic into a crunched time period. Then I thought, “How many things have I learned to do in under five minutes since having children?” A few examples that come to…
A Christian mom asked me an awesome question recently. What do you say to your kid when they ask you,” What if the devil makes me do bad things?” Why is this a great question? One, it shows that children are always thinking, always reasoning. Two, it is easily answered with Scripture. Three,…
In thinking about self-confidence, self-worth and self-esteem in my kids, I am asking myself some questions. I definitely don’t have all the answers and make plenty of mistakes but I am finding that the questions are worth asking and considering, and most definitely worth praying about! How am I measuring the value of my children…
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