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Live a Balanced Life Through a Well-Ordered Life
The elusive “balance.” It’s a state of living that all of us moms seem to be striving for, but so often feel that it’s just out of reach. There are days when it feels like we have finally achieved it, and then the next day it feels like all is lost. The...
A Schedule for Busy Moms
The kids are fighting and fussy constantly at one another. The house is a wreck. The baby is clinging to your leg. Dinner is late. Mental exhaustion hits. You are afraid that you are doing more harm than good as you try to get everyone and everything in order. ...
What to do When It Feels Like You’re Failing as a Mom
“I’m a horrible mom.” “My kids are going to be ruined - I don’t know what I’m doing.” “How will my kids learn how to behave when I can’t even control myself?” As moms, we often allow these kinds of thoughts into our minds. Thoughts that condemn us and cause us...
How to be Present in Your Children’s Lives Even with a Busy Schedule
You have so much pulling at you - school schedules, meal planning and preparation, needy babies, kids’ bickering, work schedules, sickness, keeping the house clean, etc. The day starts and you feel like there’s barely enough time to be still and breathe. At the end of...
A Simple Formula to Help You Respond in Love Even When There is Fear or Anger
“Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret - it leads only to evil.” Psalm 37:8 The Bible makes it sound so easy, doesn’t it? Just don’t be angry, God seems to say. There is no need. And worrying about x, y, or z will only lead to bad things. So...
Leading Your Children to Christ
I was talking to my sister’s boyfriend about what first attracted him to playing the guitar. He said it was his dad. As a child, his dad would play the guitar at night, and he would sit there and listen to his dad play until his mom found him and sent him back to bed....