by Shannon | Apr 10, 2016 | Encourage, Parenting, Shannon
I figure that between the almost-16 years I’ve been a parent, the 9 kids that our writers have in total, and the countless other “nephews and nieces” I’ve helped raise over the years….IN ADDITION TO the fact that I was a child myself...
by Louise | Apr 8, 2016 | DIY, Empower, Louise, Penny Pinching, Uncategorized
My sister-in-law is the very best card-sender and holiday rememberer. Even though she works full time and is a busy mom and wife and volunteer, she sends her nieces and nephews cards for everything – birthdays, Easter, Valentine’s, Halloween, kindergarten...
by Shannon | Apr 6, 2016 | Encourage, Shannon
I have a saying for you–actually, I have a couple of them: Good moms have sticky floors, dirty counters and happy kids. Not my circus, not my monkeys. Get on your knees and pray, then get on your feet and work. Life doesn’t always go the way we expect it...
by Gwen | Mar 31, 2016 | Encourage, Parenting
Yeah, I know we are all tired. But, April Fool’s Day is tomorrow. I have three kids who have it coming. All year long I am their taxi cab, nurse, maid, chef, psychologist… Tomorrow I am going to enjoy myself. Lucy freaks out if we talk about moving. The...
by Louise | Mar 28, 2016 | Encourage, Louise, Parenting, Uncategorized
You know how everything kids do “these days” is nothing like what “we used to do”? It’s true in a million ways, except one: letters from camp! My mom was going through old family papers last week and hit the jackpot with letters that her...
by Shannon | Mar 27, 2016 | Faith, Inspire, Shannon
Today we walked into church. Let me rephrase: Today, after being yanked out of bed at 6:29 by a super excited 9-year old and some sleepy and slightly grumpy older boys to do a mad egg-finding dash and eat as much of the chocolate rabbit as possible before shoving...
by Gwen | Mar 25, 2016 | Faith, Inspire
I grew up in a pastor’s home. I was taught what to believe. When I was 27, I went through this whole thing of whether it was all true or not. All the people in other religions thought theirs was the truth. What if there was no God? What if Jesus...
by Shannon | Mar 20, 2016 | Encourage, Shannon
Last week it was almost 80 degrees. The skies were robin’s egg blue, the daffodils and pear trees had bloomed, the spring peepers were belting out a beautiful symphony…it was hard to believe it was the middle of March! Today it is stinkin’ cold....
by Gwen | Mar 18, 2016 | Empower, Exercise
And the year races on. Many resolutions for New Year’s have long been thrown to the curb. But, spring is in the air, the weather is taking a turn for the better, and worst of all, the department stores have pulled out the swim suits. So maybe, just maybe we...
by Shannon | Mar 16, 2016 | Encourage, Shannon
So it’s less than a week until Spring Break and my family still isn’t sure what it’s doing. We’ve talked about jumping in the car and heading west to hit the slopes. We’ve discussed going to visit family in Dallas for a few days....
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