Hope for a Sad Day at School

  Yesterday Abigail came home from school in tears. Apparently her “two best friends” she made on the first day told her they didn’t want to be with her anymore and to go find other friends. Climbing onto my lap, her usually happy eyes drooped. “I don’t like school, Mom. It’s too sad.” As she…

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I Want to Be a Great Mom

Have you heard of the book, Good to Great? An author studied a bunch of companies. He decided which were merely good and which flew beyond good to great. Years ago when I first heard about the book, I decided the concept could also apply to mommyhood. I wanted to be more than a good…

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Birthday Love

  My Facebook post from yesterday (my birthday): “Wow do I feel loved! Thank you for all the birthday wishes.” If you’re on Facebook, you know what I mean. I got over a hundred birthday wishes–a hundred! Those little notes may seem unimportant, but not to me. I felt showered in love, love, love. Another…

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Lord, Help My Kids Know Your Love

Hi awesome mommies, I really love the book, The Power of a Praying Parent, by Stormie Omartian. She uses Scripture to create beautiful, pertinent, powerful prayers. Her prayers guide me on how to pray for my children. Here’s the one I’ve been praying this week. I insert my own kids’ names. Lord, I pray for…

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Bible Memory! Five Games to Beat Boredom and a Secret Weapon that WORKS

Going  over memory verses can get a little boring—escpecially for our wee ones with tiny attention spans. Secret Weapon that REALLY Helps One almost magical trick I’ve learned is so simple! If they understand what they are memorizing and, even better, make connections to it memorizing comes naturally. For example, today we’re memorizing, “Look at the…

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Letter to My Much-Loved Son

Dear Son, I love you. I wish I could get that into your head and heart. I love you so much, many of my waking moments are spent thinking about you—how to love you better, how to make you understand how much you are loved. You are awesome. You are smart and funny. You make…

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Mommy-O Prayer

Dear Lord, thank you for being a loving, kind, serving master. Your grace is amazing beyond words. Please help me to get through this day, filled to abundance with your peace and trusting completely in you for my strength. Dear Lord, I pray you keep each child in your loving hands today. Help them rest…

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Mommy-O Prayer

Dear Father, I praise you for being the Lord of creation–above all the heavens and earth. Thank you that you are all wise and full of knowledge and power. I stand in awe of you. And even though you are Lord of all things…you know me, love me, delight in me. I love you, my…

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Mommy-O Prayer

Lord, I need grace and forgiveness. I need compassion so much. Help me to look for these first from you and not others. I can rest in you, in your love and grace. Help me to give love, grace, patience, and forgiveness to my family. I can’t put aside my selfish sins without your help,…

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Where’s the Sunshine? A Husband’s Brilliant Cure for Summer Gloom

Ahhhh summer. That relaxing time of warmth, lazy days, and relaxation. Reminds me of the 8-track we listened to when I was a kid (very very young, of course) of the song  “Sunshine on My Shoulders” by John Denver. “Makes me happy…in my eyes can make me cry … Sunshine on the water looks so…

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