Mother’s Day. What a wonderful day to celebrate mothers, right!? When I think of Mother’s Day I look forward to getting a stack full of cards and drawings and cute ‘about mom’ questionnaires that my kids make for me. It is a day when my kids tell me how much they love me a little extra and my husband reminds me that this house could not function without…
Mother’s Day is right around the corner! Moms, this is OUR day! If you are lucky you can claim the whole week or even the whole month for YOU! But, if you are like me you may be lucky to take a quick power nap and get a few homemade cards and call it good and still feel blessed beyond measure…
I have found that having a few really really good friends- you know- the ‘know where the body is hidden’ kind of friends is far superior to a hundred ‘lets go out’ kind of friends. I am not saying that you can’t still be friends with all hundred of those people, but maybe they will be acquaintances more than friends at this stage of life. And that’s okay…
I have been called mommy for almost 12 years. It is rare that a week goes by and someone does not tell me how wonderful, thoughtful, well behaved, etc. one of my children is. I do not know what it is like to raise a teenager yet (send advice!) and I know everyone’s walk in motherhood is different and these tips may not apply to every child or situation…
As busy mommas it is so easy to let the little people who mean everything to us consume every last ounce of energy leaving nothing for ourselves or our spouse. If this is repeated day in and day out we find ourselves far from the best version of who we can be…