Finding Grace-Filled Confidence in the Chaos
Welcome to 31 Days of Hope for Moms! To see all the posts in the series, click here! Here we are, on day two of this series. Can I share a little confession? I wrote this post a long time ago. In fact, I already published something similar to it, two years ago when I first […] Read more…
Hope for moms who are just. so. tired! Welcome to 31 Days of Hope for Moms! To see all the posts in the series, click here! Today, on this very first day of the series, I’m speaking to the tired mom. In other words, I’m speaking to all moms, or at least the ones with […] Read more…
Dear mom, do you find yourself exhausted at the end of every day, wondering if you’ll ever catch up on your sleep so you have the energy you’ve been dreaming about? Are you tired of just surviving and would rather be thriving, with joy in your spirit as you mother your children? Or maybe you […] Read more…
The other day I was scrolling through my Facebook news feed and I came across a local news story about a child who refused to stand and recite the Pledge of Allegiance. It wasn’t for religious reasons (Jehovah’s Witnesses will not pledge to the flag) but just because “he didn’t want to”. The child was […] Read more…
Facebook notifications. Text messages. A TV episode you’ve been dying to watch for days. A book that has been drawing you in, so much so that you can barely put it down. An internet “conversation” you want to jump into. Your to-do list that is going undone, the perfect ministry opportunity at church that allows […] Read more…
In part one of my story, I talked about how I was introduced to the crazy idea of having a natural, non-medicated delivery. Now that I had laid out my fleece and God had impressed this desire for natural birth on me, I was simply waiting, my due date behind me, to see if I […] Read more…
“Me, give birth naturally? That’s crazy talk. There’s no way in the world.” Those were my first thoughts when I cracked open the book in my hands that I had received in the mail while awaiting the birth of our fourth baby, our second girl. We were so excited to meet her! The book was called […] Read more…
The dishes sat dirty for yet another day. My socks made a slurp-pop sound as I walked across the sticky dining room floor. The house smelled faintly of dirty diapers and a garbage that needed to be taken out hours ago. So is life with a newborn baby and three other children to care for! […] Read more…
Just wanted to post quickly to let you know that we welcomed our fourth child into our family just two days ago!! Lydia Eva October 10 9 lbs, 10 oz 21 inches 7:57 pm Lydia joins 2 brothers and one very excited sister! She was my first birth without medications and came very quickly! I […] Read more…
Finding time as a mom during the day to fit everything is, can be challenging on many aspects. But as the number of children in your family grows, it starts to seem impossible to find quality time with each of your children individually. With so much going on during your day and week, is it […] Read more…
He was sweet and quiet, his bright blue eyes taking in everything around him. When we began nursing he had no issues latching or eating for long periods of time. I decided to use a method of feeding where we let him nurse with no routine for the first 10 days but simply worked to get […] Read more…
We teach our children the proper and polite words to say. We discipline them at home to help guide them in the right direction. We pray over them and show them Scriptures that teach character. And it’s working! And we feel good. And then, there’s the fit at Target. Or a meltdown at at playdate. […] Read more…
Tonight we settled down for devotions and L, my 4 year old daughter, pulled out The Story Bible, which we are going through for the second time (this is an excellent Bible, the words are very close to Scripture, not embellished like other Bible storybooks I’ve seen–read more about it in my starting devotions with […] Read more…
Here are some tips for how you can help your older children adjust to having a new baby around the house! Thanks for joining me for the pregnancy and baby related posts this week! Check out how I survived horrible morning sickness and how I’m fitting in exercising during this pregnancy if you haven’t already! […] Read more…
Remember the story “The Monster at the End of This Book“? Grover begs the children not to turn the page because he is scared of the monster in the book, but it ends up being none other than himself. This is what I think my children believe sometimes. They are so scared, even scared at […] Read more…