Marriage And Family
My husband can be surprisingly funny. He doesn’t try to be funny. Case in point. One day after shopping at Safeway, he was pushing the kids in the special shopping cart with a cute red & yellow car in the front. You know, the kind for little little kids to ride in. After all these [...]
Motherhood is an interesting and amazing journey in itself. Of all the times I’ve wanted to pull my hair out, times like these make up for it… It’s so rewarding and fun when my kids want to help out around the house. When Buddy asked, “Can I help you, please?” my heart just about soared [...]
Many many years ago on this day, my hubby and I were on the verge of starting to date. It was a special time and brings back many nice memories Recently when we took Sweetie and Buddy on their first camping trip, we came across a special spot that we’d visited way back then on [...]
Being Thankful is quite an art. Sometimes the inspiration to be thankful comes easily; other times it doesn’t and it’s okay! What I’ve found is it’s a lot like exercising & working out. Whether we feel like it or not, we can work our thanksgiving muscles until they develop a memory of being blessed. A [...]
“Unexpressed gratitude feels like ingratitude.” I’d heard that on the radio years ago and it’s stuck with me. Most of us know the importance of giving thanks, yet we find it challenging to do it consistently. Well, this one mama loves to do it! If you don’t know what Thanksgiving Thursday over at Mama’s Little [...]
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Being grateful is a wonderful attitude to have. Keeping it requires daily maintenance. I train myself to wake up every day with a mindset of, “Thank you God for letting me sleep and waking me up to live today. I look forward to it.” I don’t always feel ready to start the day, but it [...]
Genny at My Cup 2 Yours asks a great question, “How do you know when you’re done having kids?” Lately my husband and I are asking our own questions about parenting our kids. Having kids and parenting them requires so much patience, perseverance and resilience. Our childrens’ needs have been changing and we had no [...]
LOVE what I just read in Grooming the Next Generation for Success by Dani Johnson. By immunize, she’s not talking about getting shots at the pediatrician’s. She’s talking about preparing our kids for the rebellious stage when they become teenagers. What Dani does, and I absolutely love how you can implement this immediately, is she [...]
Here’s a cool thing about learning – we adapt as we learn, we learn as we go, and we go as we speak. Of course, we speak what we think, and we think what we believe – deep in the core being of who we are. When we open ourselves up to learning, we see [...]
Today I’m gonna spend some time praising my son. He really surprised me with his cheerful good attitude in helping me. I wonder if it started on Sunday afternoon…we had a small group over at our house for a discussion. A new gal was coming but couldn’t get past our security gate. One of our [...]
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