I am totally and completely and thoroughly overjoyed and thankful to be expecting our 8th baby. But, I struggled this week to write this.  Because....I'll be honest....I haven't felt so grateful lately. For my all-day-sickness, that is.  I started strong.  I committed to a good attitude.  I wrote the blog post about surviving morning sickness, with my number one tip being this:  … [Read more...]

I've known so many mothers over the years who have shared with me that they just wish they had one thing. A friend. The job of motherhood is hard enough when life is "ordinary" and "normal". We need friends even then. As we discussed in last week's post on Rest, hanging around other moms, just for fun, is therapeutic. Whether we're in an easy phase or a rough spot in life, one thing is for … [Read more...]

Moms spend a lot of their time doing this: And this week, in the series What Moms Need, we're going to look at why moms need to remember to do this: Do you hit the ground running every morning? Yeah, me too.  At least it feels that way most days. With hungry babies to feed, a washer to load and the to-do list already piling up, the race is on early, every day. Day affer … [Read more...]

*If you're new here, or if you've missed the first two weeks, click here for week 1 and here for week 2.* If you have been following along, welcome to the third post in the series What Moms Need.  So far, we've discussed our complete dependence on God, and how everything changes when we've spent time with Him on a daily basis.  And naturally, the first thing that changes is … [Read more...]

***Welcome to week 2 of the 26 week series, What Moms Need.  If you're new here and would like to catch up, click here to read last week's post.*** It's what makes us overlook the little things and what drives us to eat well so that we're good stewards of the time we've been given. It's the difference between being ungrateful and being so humbled and honored to have been given these … [Read more...]

A Swallow's Nest Isn't Always Pretty   I had cleaned the downstairs the day before, and even thought to myself, "I might get EVERYTHING done if I really try!"  But I forgot we had an activity to race off to just after dinner.  So the dinner dishes sat.  And the table.  And the floor. For the next day.  Which wouldn't have been so bad. Except that while cleaning up the next day, I … [Read more...]