Valentine’s Day. It can be a mix up of emotions for many of us, especially if we end up looking for love in all the wrong places. You know, the love we read about in romance novels or on the Hallmark channel. Let’s face it, we’ve bought into the hype that Valentine’s day is the one day of the year that we go over the top to show our love for that special someone in our life. You know how it goes, it’s the day where we spend more than we should and stress about getting everything “just right”. For …
The secret to managing your holiday expectations
And just like that, the holiday season is here! If we’re honest, most of us have expectations for these special days. At the very least, we have hopes. The holidays are a snapshot of mom life. A lot of how the journey unfolds depends on our expectations. Children have expectations too. Can we blame them? We bring mounds of popcorn to the couch for animated movies about snow, talking reindeer and wishes coming true for kids across the spectrum of naughty and nice. We sing songs about the most wonderful time of the year and days that are merry and …
Let It Go!
Oh how that song from Frozen both inspires and challenges me. You know the song, chances are your kids sing it just about every day, as a matter of fact, some of you are probably singing to it right now in your heads. I actually adore the song, but truth be told it also strikes a very tender nerve for me when I first heard it. You see, my One Word 365 for 2014 (you can find out more here) is “Release”. I prayed over this word and knew that only God would pick this word for me because …
Mommy Meltdown Prevention
When was the last time you threw something in anger? How about a bloody foreskin? Yes, that’s right. While writing The Plan A MOM in a Plan B World, Moses’ wife, Zipporah jumped off the pages of the Bible as the poster mom for my chapter on “Angry and Confused or Of a Sound Mind.” WHAT drove this otherwise apparently sane woman to grab a knife, circumcise her son, and throw the foreskin at Moses? Well, it helps if you read the whole story. You can find it in Exodus 4. Bottom line, she apparently wasn’t on board with …
What are your expectations
Morning moms, I’m coming to you live from my kitchen. Before you watch the video, I have a few thoughts for you, what are your expectations as we move into this season of busyness with school schedules, homework, fall activities? Do you have to have it all together and look presentable at all times? Are you expectations so high that you are setting yourself up for failure? Or are you working unto the Lord? Here’s a cup full of encouragement on Colossians 3:23 today! And if you can’t watch the video, here is a great post FULL of tips just for you. …
No More Perfect Moms Online Study
Do you have the Perfection Infection? Maybe you have it and don’t even realized you’re infected. Let’s go through the check list of questions shall we? My house needs to be clean at all times. My children should be well behaved in public, in the van, and at home. I need to lose at least 10 pounds. My marriage doesn’t compare to Bard and Angelina. If I could just get my kids to behave the way my neighbor does….. If you answered yes to one or all of these questions, chances are you have a case of it. But that’s …