Tag Archives: Mothering Well

I'm a huge advocate for having children do household chores. Chores curb entitlement, help kids develop valuable life skills, and make them feel like contributing members of the family. That being sai...

The right word spoken at the right time is as beautiful as gold apples in a silver bowl. Proverbs 25:11 It was over 7 years ago; our first child was two years old and our second was about two months o...

Just when you finally put away all those Christmas decorations, we are now somehow already into Spring Break season. Are your plans less Hawaiian vacation and more stay-cation? You're sure to get crea...

It's a weird shift as a parent when your kids hit the teenager stage. Not that each stage doesn't come with some sort of stress and confusion of how to exactly parent though it. When my son was about ...

My girlfriends and I were texting pictures to each other the other day of our kids, now pre-teens and teens, back when they were babies and toddlers. It's so fun looking back at those days with their ...

When I was a young single woman, my wrapped Christmas presents could have been featured in a magazine spread. I bought designer paper, matching gift tags, and made bows from scratch out of beautiful r...

It is easy to take ordinary everyday things for granted. You actually have to purpose to be grateful for them as most of the time, you will go about your day without even noticing that what you call o...

Moms know all too well that there will be moments in our children's lives that will overwhelm us with emotion. The kind of emotion where it feels like your heart grew three sizes in a day. Big moments...

Balance. A word I became immediately aware of when I became a mom. A word that often still swirls through my head even after over 14 years of being a parent. A word that lately I have decided has no b...

This weekend it's time to "fall back". At 2:00am on November 3rd, we turn our clocks back one hour. Some people look at this as gaining an hour of sleep. But, in the days that follow, this is me: That...