As Mamas we tend to read all the baby books and then we get in the groove of parenting and life with little ones who very quickly become school-aged kiddos and before we know it they are grown. But very often we find ourselves in the empty nest and wondering exactly why our adult child [...]
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It’s Impossible to Spoil a Baby
It’s impossible to spoil a baby. Every time you attend to a crying baby they create a neural pathway that tells them they are safe and their needs will be met. So much of what we do throughout our days seems automatic, like driving to or from work, it can seem mindless. It seems the [...]
Want to Mother From a Place of Peace and Calm Every Day?
Want to mother from a place of PEACE and CALM every day? I can't think of any other calling in this life that requires us to juggle the constant paradoxical flood of emotions other than being a mother. From the very first moment that we hear of our child's mere existence, they are the first [...]
Did You Know You Can FALL in LOVE With Your Life?
What if I told you that it's totally possible to love the life you are living EVERY SINGLE DAY? That it is actually God's plan for you! Not that your life would be PERFECT. But that you could still feel PEACE and JOY every day. Would you be interested? Often we are living our life [...]
You Don’t Have to Feel the Same to Be in Unity
They say your sibling relationship is likely the longest one you will have on earth. Longer than your parents, spouse, or your own children, you will have walked the earth the longest with your siblings. It's important to remember that while you've known each other the longest and went through a large chunk of your [...]
When Motherhood Doesn’t Look Like You Thought It Would
Has your husband ever come home to walk past your kids, while they are on the couch in front of the TV, to find you in your bed crying just so you could have a break and cry in private? Me, too! I get it. You're overwhelmed, and overstimulated, and tired, and one of your [...]
What are you making your kids behavior mean about YOU?
https://videopress.com/v/eBE9uIfs?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true It’s so easy to make "motherhood" an idol in our lives. We, Mamas, tend to think that our job is to produce perfect Christian children and we judge ourselves based on how “Christian” our kids turned out. But we do not get to control our kids’ outcomes, whether they are 8 or 28. The [...]
What if you could redefine PERFECT?
It's important to remind ourselves that God is the only truly perfect One. God doesn't expect perfection from us. Jesus did it so perfectly that we don't have to! We mamas tend to think we must be perfect at mothering otherwise we are failing. That we must never get frustrated with our littles and we [...]
Are You Challenged By Your Relationship With Your Adult Child?
Have you ever made passive aggressive comments to your adult children when they call or spend time with you about how disappointed you are in how little they call you or spend time with you? I get it. You’re hurt. You’re sad. You don’t know how you got to this place. What you crave is [...]
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