My daughter Cricket came home from second grade in tears. Again. Her teacher had rebuked her in front of the class for asking another girl for help with a math problem. Cricket felt humiliated and stupid. And it wasn’t the first time. Because of a learning disability, Cricket had difficulty with some subjects, particularly math…. [Continue Reading]
Motherhood
Finding Contentment in Christ, Not a Perfect Home | Katie Bennett
Be sure to enter below for a chance to win a copy of Katie Bennett’s Heavenly Minded Mom Note: This post contains affiliate links. In today’s idea-rich online world, it is easy to desire a life and home that measure up to all we see they could be. I personally enjoy home design and decorating. I’m… [Continue Reading]
How to Raise a Strong Girl in a Princess World
When my oldest daughter Leslie was 5-years-old she refused to wear pants… for a whole year… because she was a princess. I thought it was cute for the first month, but we lived in Montana. Have you ever tried to dress someone in a snowsuit while they were wearing a dress? I have seven daughters… [Continue Reading]
16 Ways to Offer Yourself Grace As a Mom
I don’t know about you, but I don’t need anyone to point out my flaws … because I’m a tough enough critic all by myself. It’s easy for me to see another mom and want to tell her, “It’s okay, you don’t have to be perfect. Don’t stress yourself out trying to be.” Yet I… [Continue Reading]
My son taught me to be brave
I should have guessed my son Nathan was going to be a writer when he’d sit with his plastic dinosaurs for two hours, just making up stories in his head. He was The. Easiest. Kid. Ever. Now I know it was because God gave him a great imagination. Thanks God! A few years ago Nathan… [Continue Reading]
How to Find Joy When Your Life No Longer Seems Like Your Own
So this week my family had 20+ appointments. I wish I was joking. Five kids have three days of therapy, an appointment each day. One daughter had a tooth pulled and a cavity filled. Four kids had their yearly eye appointments. And, finally, two more kids had doctor’s appointments. I suppose when you have seven… [Continue Reading]
How God Changes Us As Moms
Are there things about being a mom that you’d like to change? Do you lose your temper? Do you struggle with putting down your phone and just focusing on your kids? Do you wish you can be more joyful, even in the small things? The bad news is that as moms we often feel guilty… [Continue Reading]
Hope for the Mom Who Feels Unremarkable {+ a giveaway!}
I am the mother of eight children, something that feels very normal and unimpressive to me, but usually elicits a response of shock and awe in people I meet. I feel largely unremarkable. You, too? In all these years of mothering, there have been joyful, wonderful, absolutely fun days, and there have been hopeless, depressing,… [Continue Reading]
5 Things to Do When the Kids Are Driving You Crazy
Most days I have at least one moment of wondering what God was thinking when He gave me these amazing kids. I trust Him, I do, but I sure do feel stretched through this mom gig. It’s wonderful and fulfilling one moment and defeating the next. The ups and downs and all arounds can make… [Continue Reading]
Living the Impossible Life {by Marlo Schalesky}
It was another impossible day in my normally impossible life. I woke to Jayden’s blood glucose monitor shrilly announcing a low blood sugar, one twin fiercely arguing with the four-year-old about a pencil, the bunnies escaped from their cages and running rampant (and leaving little round “signs” of where they’d been) all over the room,… [Continue Reading]
Waiting Well {by Marlo Schalesky}
As a mother of six kids I’ve learned the importance of waiting well. Waiting for them to put on their shoes, waiting for them to find their shoes, waiting for rooms to be cleaned and homework to be finished. But most of all waiting for them to become the people God created them to be…. [Continue Reading]