Category: Motherhood
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5 Tips for When You Undermine Your Spouse’s Parenting
I’m excited to continue my “Spring Clean Your Marriage” Series with my next guest blogger, Aimee Imbeau. See her bio below to find the link to her site and, then be sure to connect with her on social media as well. I had a choice to make…and only moments in which to make the best…
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Spring Cleaning Tips Leaving More Time for Your Family
I’m excited to start off a new series, “Spring Clean Your Marriage” with a guest blogger Sarah Rollandini today! Check out her bio below to find out more about her and her blog. Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help…
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Book Review and Giveaway – Doing Life with Your Adult Children
My husband and I now have an empty-nest and are no longer expected to parent our adult children. Correction: we’re no longer “welcome” to parent them! 😉 So what’s an older mom to do? Sign up for senior aerobics? Spend her time at the mall, grieving away her sorrows with purchases-a-plenty? Being a mom is…
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5 Ways to Prayer Journal to Improve Your Attitude and Marriage
I had just finished up loading the dishes into the dishwasher, while listening to worship music and offering up a prayer of joy. Little did I know how quickly my attitude would move from worship to all-out-war! You see, our 5 yo son (who is now 25!) wanted to go out to play in the…
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My Book Review of Surrendered Hearts – An Adoption Story
It’s been quite a few years since I became acquainted with Lori Schumaker and her amazing blog. She’s been a sweet blogging friend and wonderful supporter of MM for quite some time. Ironically, my husband and I considered adopting around the same time the Schumaker’s went on their adoption journey in 2010. That’s why Lori’s…
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5 Biblical Ways to Honor Your Spouse in the Midst of Parenting Conflicts
Today I’m excited to have Stacey Pardoe as my guest speaking about the challenges of parenting and how to navigate them with our mates. I hope you’ll make her feel welcome by commenting and sharing to all your favorite social media places. Thanks! No matter how like-minded we are when it comes to our relationships…
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5 Best Practices to Help Your Marriage Survive Tragedy
I’m excited to introduce you to my latest guest blogger—Rachel Lee—who’s talking today about recovering from a tragedy in her life and marriage. See her bio below for more on where to find her. And be sure to make her feel welcome by commenting and sharing this moving and meaningful post all around the web!…
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Marriage’s Definition and Purposes According to the Bible
Even though our country and world continues to hotly debate what defines marriage, the Bible settled the issue for Christ-followers long ago. It began with the very first people—a man and a woman—that God joined together in a one-flesh covenant in the Garden of Eden. If you’re not a Christ-follower, then you probably don’t believe…
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6 Reasons Attraction Fades in Marriage
Most spouses at some point inevitably face distractions and/or hindrances to sexual and physical attraction in marriage. I’ve encountered this at various points in my marriage too, but every single time it’s had little to do with how physically or sexually attractive my mate was in that particular moment. #disillusionment I think this is true…
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3 Important Questions to Ask when Holiday Stress Looms
Nearly twenty years ago, I journaled about a holiday moment in my life that was filled with more stress than love. On this particular occasion, I was worn-down by trying to do too much decorating, shopping, cleaning, cooking and entertaining. At that time, my husband wasn’t as involved in helping me with those kinds of…
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