When my new friend, Lisa Brown, asked me to join her community of writers as a mentor mom, I couldn’t help but giggle a bit since I find that being a grown up is highly overrated. With Thorin’s key around my neck, my superhero belt on, surrounded by my favorite toys, I hardly feel qualified…
When you’re a kid, other kids won’t like you for whatever reason. The way you look, the friends you have, the music you listen to, something you said. Petty reasons really, it’s all petty. I wish I could say that it changes when we become adults, but it doesn’t. It’s still petty. What a…
My son just had his 7th Birthday on July 11th. Even though he enjoyed his gifts from everyone, he loved having his friends and family around more. He reminded me how important relationships are. He is social and he appreciates others. He gives and receives well. This is how God has designed us. He…
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…
Number one lie we tell ourselves as moms – “I’m not enough.” We compare our family to everyone else and there is always somebody who we think is doing a better job than we are. We want what is best for our children and when we can’t give them what we think they should have,…
It hurts my heart when I see broken families. Family members are living in fear and anger. There is so much division going on between loved ones. There are sad little ones crying in bed at night while listening to glass breaking, doors slamming, and words cutting to the heart. This world has…
The Art of good listening is to hear the heart felt cries of our children and not minimize their feelings or solve their problems. I want my children to be able to say. “Mom knows me best because she hears what I have to say. She allows me to have feelings and therefore I trust…
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