My husband is a full-time pastor with two churches, which makes things a little crazy on the one day of the week when we’re supposed to be “resting”. I thought I’d share with you a {Sun}day in the life of a pastor’s wife with a 6, 4 and 1 year old along for the ride. During church, […] Read more…
Family Life
Finding Joy Through Cancer
For the last day of the Joys of Mothering series, Michelle from Live a Life of No Regrets shares about how she learned to trust the Lord when she was diagnosed with cancer and how she continued to homeschool her children at the same time. {You can read the rest of the posts in this series here.} […] Read more…
The Joys of Mothering in the Little Years
Thanks for joining us for the Joys of Mothering series! You can read the previous posts in this series: The Joy of Having Boys & Finding Joy in the Midst of a Tantrum._______________________________________It had been one of those days–you know the ones! Dirty dishes were stacked high in the sink, so high in fact that I […] Read more…
The Joy of Having Boys
Thanks for joining us for the Joys of Mothering series! You can read the other posts here! When I was pregnant with our first child my husband and I were so happy to be having a little boy. Fast forward eighteen months and we were expecting child number two. I was really hoping for a girl our second […] Read more…
Finding Joy in the Midst of a Tantrum
Thank you for joining us for the Joys of Mothering series! This week, some wonderful bloggers will be sharing how they find joy in the different moments of motherhood. Today, I’m happy to welcome Erika from Slowly Natural! I don’t have perfect kids. Shocking, I know! In my house, at any given moment, you might […] Read more…
5 Ways to Bless the Mom Having Her Second, Third {or More} Children
I remember the excitement in the air when I was pregnant with my first baby. There were phone calls, hugs, shopping and eight (yup, that’s right!) baby showers. Our first at just a couple weeks old! It tends to be that the second and third child don’t get as much pomp and circumstance. Of course they are […] Read more…
How to Travel With Young Children And Not Go Crazy!
Welcome to day six of the Spring Into Summer series! I hope you’ll take a few moments to read the previous posts!Soon we’ll be gearing up for our semi-annual 12+ hour trip to visit the grandparents! And with that brings the challenge to keep our three children, ages 6, 3 and 1, occupied and the whole family at […] Read more…
The Greatest Influence on Your Daughter
I am so blessed to be the mother of a beautiful three-year-old daughter. This blond-haired, blue-eyed little girl is spunky and sweet, a lover of all things pink and her baby brother’s biggest fan. She is daddy’s constant companion to the post office, the nursing home and the dump {to drop off brush} and she […] Read more…
Children: A Burden or a Blessing?
Do you ever feel as though your children are a burden? That they are keeping you from doing the many things you used to do before you were a mother? Do you ever ponder how much free time you’d have if you didn’t have kids (although you’d probably fill it up with something else)? photo […] Read more…
Cherishing Our Children
Here is the second of two beautiful guest posts from Marci of Thankful Homemaker. (You can read Communicating Biblically With Our Children if you missed it!) “Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one’s youth.Blessed is the man […] Read more…
Communicating Biblically With Our Children
I’m very excited to have my first ever guest post! Marci from Thankful Homemaker is writing a two-part series, looking first at how we can promote good communication with our children! Do you dream of the moment when every time you speak to your child they respond to you joyfully with, “yes mom”, “I […] Read more…
Hope for the Exasperating Mom – Ephesians 6
What does the word “exasperate” mean? That was my question as I studied verse 4 of chapter 6 of Ephesians. Miriam Webster says this: exasperate (verb) to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts (small children can exasperate their parents with endless questions about why this or that is so) synonyms – aggravate, […] Read more…
What Does it Mean to be a Purposeful Mom?
So I changed the name of my blog some time ago to “The Purposeful Mom“. I still have yet to do many of the things I’ve set out to do here but one thing that got me thinking the other day was this: What does it mean to be a “purposeful mom”? We only have […] Read more…
Five Important Things I Learned While My Children Were Sick
Since the Saturday before last, our house has been plagued with sickness. It started with my oldest son, then moved to my daughter, my baby and finally me (I’m writing this while still trying to kick a head cold). For some reason, my husband didn’t get sick. Something about getting out of the house every […] Read more…