Three Secrets for Hanging on to Joy
Originally posted on Faith Spilling Over… Into Everyday Life:
Joy might be the most important ingredient for an abundant life in Christ, yet it’s the one we lose most easily. I should know. I lost mine at the mini-mart last Thursday. I’d hoped to make a lightning-quick convenience store run to pick up a few…
On Flying Time; Can We Do Anything to Slow it Down?
Originally posted on LOVE AND OLIVES:
Time Flies. When you’re having fun? When you’re standing still? Having babies? In love? You’ve heard the longstanding adage before. What does it mean to you? And the bigger question is: What can you do to slow it down? To me, time is moving at lightning speed. One day,…
Home Docarating With Family Christmas Puzzles
Heidi Hopkins is a wonderful Wife, Mom, Grandparent, Daughter, Friend, and Sister to me. She is a creative Homemaker and everything she does fills a room with joy!! Today she is here to show us how we can create beautiful Christmas memories with puzzles. The adorable picture above is displayed in a corner of her festive cabin. I could just hang out in her home all…
Taking myself off of autopilot.
Originally posted on My Cup of OJ:
Being face to face with the ocean this weekend, reminded me of one of my greatest fears. I verbalized it once many years ago, and gradually grew to ignore it. Apparently it is easier to continue living life in auto pilot, rather than stopping to address and revisit…
Here’s to the Woman Inside the Mom
Originally posted on Loving My Lot:
I love this blog for many honorable reasons. But I also love it for one selfish reason. It’s mine. All mine. I never realized what a commodity that could be until I became a mom. In the beginning, I was only asked to give up little things–time, sleep, my…
Mommy Tantrum
Originally posted on Giggle Giggle Toot Roar:
Every once in a while I throw a decent tempter tantrum. Maybe I’m modeling the terrible twos my sweet boys are going through right now, maybe it’s PMS, or maybe I’m just a tired momma. Tonight when I was unloading the dishwasher all of the glasses had weird hard water junk…
COUNTRY LAWN MOWERS
Originally posted on Tony A. Smith:
? We had moved to a rented farmhouse in that small country town of Blanchard in Oklahoma the year my little sister Catherine was born. I was only five years old at the time and my brother Tim had just turned three in the spring. There were several cows…
A City Broken
Is My Work God’s Work?
Originally posted on the encouraged heart:
Is my work God’s work? What is God’s work? Does knowing what God’s work is even matter? These are questions I’ve been pondering lately. I’ve talked a little about it here. As I began to pray for answers, God in His wonderful and amazing way started speaking softly to my…
Mom Inspired Adventures 