Tag: Motherhood
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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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How I Failed and Succeeded to Pray for My Sons – Plus Linkup
Prayer is very important to me as a mom, not to mention as a Christ-follower. But I haven’t always done parts of it perfectly or even well. I’ve been very consistent in how much I pray for my children—both then and now. But I failed in how little I prayed WITH my kids. So today…
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3 Ways I’m Dealing with an Empty-Nest
I’m walking over an incredibly monumental transition or “threshold” in my life—that of being a full-fledged Empty Nester. Since that’s the case, I’ve felt like it might be good to do a series on the many “thresholds” we all go through in marriage and life. I will be alternating these posts with my videos that…
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How Grief Softens the Heart
When I set about to organize, clean, and prepare my house for selling last month, I didn’t realize how this process of purging would hit so close to home . . . as in my heart. One of the monumental moments happened when my hubby took a couple of days to get away and prepare…
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Super Mom Myth Review and Giveaway! Plus Linkup
Today, I’m “super” excited to do a book review of my bloggy friend, Becky Kopitzke’s first book! Woot woot! I’m so happy for her! And, if you’d like to learn more about her or connect with her at her blog, scroll down to find out more about her below. Becky always provides such amazing insight into…
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Messy Marriage’s 5-Year Blogiversary, Giveaway and WW Linkup
I can’t believe it’s been five years since I had this hare-brained idea that people might resonate with and find comfort in a blog that focused on messy marriage. God has used this blog to not only minister to, hopefully you, our readers, but to my own marriage as well. Sharing my story and other…
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How Mothers Touch Us
I’m taking a short break from blogging or vlogging today to enjoy Mother’s Day, but thought you might enjoy this graphic . . .
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Free Tribute Letter as Gift for Moms And WW Linkup!
It’s that time of year when we all think of ways to honor and give to the mothers in our lives, and that got me to thinking . . . What would I want as a gift from my sons? What would mean more to me than a physical gift?—although those are certainly nice and…
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Shouldn’t the kids come first? SJT Video
In this “Sloppy Joe Time” video, I talk about the sloppy expectation I had when my husband and I began to have and parent our children. I falsely thought that I could let the overwhelming love for my kids become the focus of my marriage. Click on the video below to find out what I…
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