EVERY MOMent COUNTS!
Last night I was cross-stitching a lovely pattern with an eagle in flight. It looked so simple. I was wrong. That dang eagle is all kinds of shades of brown – light brown, medium brown, dark brown, black brown, etc… and when you put them all together in those little tiny boxes of crosses, my [...]
The last few months have been a little hard for me. My kids are both in college and involved in more things. My schedule has changed from revolving around school, meals, and children, to being alone much of the day. It is a hard transition for me. I miss my kids. I miss the structure. [...]
As soon as bed time approaches, little Kellus instantly runs up to mommy and daddy with his big brown eyes, ginormous smile and raised brows to ask, “Can you tell the story of little red riding hood?” I’m convinced it’s his favorite story. But quite honestly, we tend to tell it in a more contemporary [...]
Addressing negative behaviors in other people’s children is tricky. We’ve all been in a situation where we’ve taught a Sunday School class or supervised a play date and at the end, the parents inevitably ask, “How was he/she?” It’s important not to ‘tattle’ on a child if an issue has occurred and it has been [...]
Recently, I was at a mom’s get-together. I don’t remember what we were talking about but, in the middle of the conversation, one of the moms said sheepishly, “Well, actually I have a cleaning lady who comes every other week.” She looked ashamed to even admit this audibly, but I quickly set her at ease [...]
Oh that it wasn’t time to get organized again, although I’ve been “getting” organizing for the last 3 years. Yes, years. I wish that was an exaggeration. I think being a single parent adds an element of chaos that is unavoidable. There are simply too many things to accomplish in a regular day without additional projects to [...]
You’ve probably done it yourself before. Packing up to travel home after all of the Christmas festivities and generous gifts of relatives who—like God—love to give good gifts, you reach an embarrassing problem. How are we gonna get all this stuff home? And then, What do we do with it when we get there? It [...]
It was a family wedding. Everyone was exclaiming over the kids, reluctantly decked out in their ring bearer getup—or happily in a flower girl dress. Though my kids do great with the “please” and “thank you” and “excuse me” and even often “I’m sorry,” there is somehow a consistent manners meltdown when it comes to [...]
It was Christmas Eve and I had to make one last run to the grocery store before I could continue making more delicious things to eat and then regret later. I had been to the store a few times that week already, so what was one more trip. Plus, all I needed was a few [...]
It’s hard not to get caught up in the hustle and bustle that has become December. With Christmas cards, class parties, and gifts to buy…it’s hard to find time to just be together. Spending time together as a family; however, is one of the most important ways we can instill the real meaning of Christmas [...]
