I don’t know about you, but there are times that I struggle with body image. It’s a silly thing, really, but it’s so easy to compare ourselves. At times I struggle with comparing myself with those around me, media images, and even to what I used to look like in my early twenties. For when… Read More
Growing up, I always dreamed of growing up, getting married, and having a family. Though I had many other ideas of things I might do, that is the one thing that has always been constant in my heart. So today, though it isn’t easy, I am living my dream! In the midst of the hardships… Read More
Do you have any favorite Christmas family traditions? Until last year, I would have to say that I didn’t have many favorite Christmas family traditions. I want to begin this post by saying that long to-do lists overwhelm me. In fact, to-do lists and comparison are the kinds of things that have sometimes made me… Read More
Today, I’m sharing 5 of My Favorite Bloggers. #1: Money Saving Mom Crystal Paine is probably my most favorite blogger of all time. She is the one who inspired me to actually start blogging and helped me realize that maybe, just maybe I have words that the world needs to hear. Her blog is a… Read More
Hey, You! It’s you 12 years into the future! One Word-Relax! Soon over a decade will have passed and it’ll feel like just yesterday that you became a new Mom. You won’t worry about whether baby girl will sleep through the night anymore. In fact, you won’t have worried about that in years. In the… Read More
I don’t know about you, but when I was a young, married woman, I thought I knew exactly how to parent. I didn’t know that God had a lot to teach me through Motherhood. I just thought that my child wouldn’t throw a tantrum in public. My child wouldn’t talk disrespectfully to me. I was… Read More
Do you struggle with keeping your little ones with you in church? Today, I want to talk about how to teach your children to sit through church. The tips I’m about to share are all things that we taught our children. I well remember the days that we struggled with staying in the service with… Read More
Do you ever feel like your kids are slow, slow, slow? Do you ever feel like when you tell them to do something faster, they just don’t get it? Me too! However, I have one solution that may not solve all those problems, but one that I’ve found highly beneficial for our family. Timers. Do… Read More
I grew up in a Christian home. Because of that, I think it is so important to learn how to teach children to memorize scripture. While I was growing up, I was encouraged to memorize scripture. When I went to Sunday school, I was encouraged to memorize a scripture verse or passage for the following… Read More
If you’d like to have a debt free vacation, now is the time to begin planning for it. It isn’t easy to do, but I’m going to show you my 6 tips to a debt-free vacation. In the summer of 2015, my family took a road trip to the West Coast of Canada. This is… Read More