Wruitten by Heather Riggleman of Mama Needs A Time Out This week’s video: http://youtu.be/yI3hr3HzGJk (watch it, you get a peek into Jill Savage’s home). When I step out into public, I am well dressed with my skinny jeans, boots, and tailored coat. My suburban is washed and the kids pile out one at a time to their prospective places. Behind my dark Paris Hilton sunglasses, I wave a well manicured hand to a mom across the parking lot before hopping back into my Suburban and heading home. What most people don’t realize is this: Only moments before entering the public, I pulled …
Heightened Awareness: Living Life in the Midst of the Unknown
© Angela Farley | Dreamstime Stock Photos RF-LL Most of my life is lived in a constant state of heightened awareness. At any given moment I am painfully aware that I could have to drop everything and be in the middle of a medical crisis. Truth be told, that is pretty much true for any of us, especially moms. Our kids are in a state of constant movement and yes, at any given time, they could get hurt. For me, it is the same, except that I have also experienced this medical crisis too many times. In 2005 my oldest …
A Letter to Younger Women
BEFORE WE DIVE INTO TODAY’S POST, WE WANT TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNER OF RENEWED BY LUCILLE ZIMMERMAN…. CONGRATULATIONS GOES TO LEANNE THORNTON! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Younger Women,I am so thankful that God has brought you into my life. I love our times together, and cherish each moment we have. As we walk this journey together, there are things you need to know. I’d like take a few minutes to share some things with you: Just because I am older, does not mean I have it all together. I am learning and growing too. Please don’t put me on a pedestal or …
The Suffocating Wake of Porn
The day my husband’s struggle with porn came to light, a new, unwanted battle twisted to life inside me. The wicked pictures that once held my husband hostage now try to shove me under their suffocating wake. Each moment of the day painful reminders of my husband’s unfaithfulness surface through: Billboards along the roads flaunting airbrushed bodies causing my heart and stomach to sink. Living room- turned harsh environment- as I tensely wait for the next perfect body flashed at just the right angle (over and over) on our family TV making my skin crawl. Church services… I learned years …
M.O.M. Mentor Groups Are Growing & the Monday M.O.M. Link Up
With M.O.M. Mentor Groups in Africa, Indonesia, Canada, Australia and throughout the United States, we are seeing the Lord move in some powerful ways! Women mentoring women inside the church and in their communities. It really is a beautiful thing and lives are being changed! Here’s what we’ve recently heard from some moms and mentors: From a mentor, “We’ve always wanted to start a mentoring ministry and this makes now we have one thanks to The M.O.M. Initiative!” From a mom, “I live in a rural area of town and I desperately need a mentor! Are there any M.O.M. Mentor Groups …
M.O.M. Mentor Group News
Have you started a M.O.M. Mentor Group in your area yet? Is your church looking for a way to start a mentoring ministry and isn’t sure where to begin? We can help! The M.O.M. Initiative is a ministry that exists to help the body of Christ not only establish effective mentoring ministries within the four walls of the church, but to also make mentoring intentionally missional and to impact the community around them. If we reach the moms of this generation, we will reach the children of the next generation. If we don’t, we will lose them all. Through our …
Tips for Spring Cleaning, Garage Sales & Making Extra Money
Are you getting ready to do some Spring cleaning? Looking for ways to make some extra money? Why not kill two birds with one stone? This year, Spring’s glow is clouded by the ever present economic challenges that face us all. So, in the midst of the circumstances in which we find ourselves, I’ve decided that it’s time to make the most out of my annual spring cleaning event. It’s time to clean up, clean out, price right and resell. That’s right. Garage sales and consignment shops are back in, so why not make the most of it. There are some …
When You Don’t Like Your Kids’ Friends
I believe God gives parents discernment on many things so we can protect our kids. I think He made my radar especially sensitive to lessons I’ve learned along the way, like choosing friends. As a kid and even as an adult, I’ve made some poor judgment calls in the friendship department. I knew this girl was trouble from the moment I laid eyes on her. Her mouth was pointed and her eyes scrunched together in a frozen frown. Her brown ponytails blew in a tailwind as she pedaled her Big Wheel down our street. I figured out her house was …
The Magnet Syndrome!
My husband is constantly coming up to me asking, “What are you doing?” He said he can’t stay away—he’s drawn to me like a magnet.—Mariann Dear God, When we were first married, Dave literally followed me around the house wanting to do everything with me. He didn’t have any friends or interests beside his job, golf, and me. We quickly remedied that dilemma by finding him friends, serving at church, and starting guitar lessons—the guitar eventually fell by the wayside. Now that he’s retired and home 24/7, I’m reliving those early years: it seems like every time I turn around, …
Mothering in Grace and Truth
“You just don’t understand children!” she stomped her foot as tears wet her eyelashes. My heart boiled hot and anger flashed, but no words flew out of my mouth. No angry tirades and somehow peace. . . Peace beyond me settled in my heart as my mind whirled. What do I do with that Lord? I prayed and pondered as I turned and said with an edge in my tone, “You will put on those clothes by the time I get back or there will be consequences.” As I left her to put on her church clothes a still small …