Tag Archives: Relationships

I’ll confess.  I had heard of Money Saving Mom for years but never paid much attention. Here’s why:  As much as I appreciate frugality and saving a few buck...

Join us for Money Saving Mom’s 7 day Say Goodbye to Survival Mode Challenge. Starting on 6/30 for 7 days you will receive an e-mail with a specific challenge to help you get out of sur...

My son didn’t walk until he was 14 months old. I recall looking at the parenting app on my phone and receiving emails from Baby Center about “your child’s milestones” and reali...

Last weekend, my son was the Best Man at a friend’s wedding.  The thing is, my son had never met this “friend” before.  He didn’t even know his name until after he wa...

It was sometime during the early months after my son's birth, during the period that we've already established was not my finest hour. I was home, I was lonely, I was exhausted, and I was bored. I use...

Dear dad, You left. Is it weird that I call you dad even though you didn't raise me? Sometimes I look at my own children and I don't know how you could leave. I am not upset. I don't rememb...

Fathers Day is in 3 days. Have you made reservations at his favorite restaurant and ensured the kids' craft projects are properly drying in a secret place so as not to spoil the surprise? Neither have...

Do you ever feel that the way media portrays fatherhood is not the most respectful? This needs to stop, for what we see in the media definitely carries over into our lives. The truth is that fatherhoo...

Father's day makes me think long and hard about the man my kids call 'Dad.'  I wasn't sure what kind of father my husband would be, as his real father wasn't a part of his growing up life, and he...

"Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends." John 15:13 Henry Gurke was, by all accounts and purposes, a normal young man. There were no signs that he would do anyth...