10 Ways to Avoid Mama Burnout
When our 5 kids were little I ran away. Well not exactly, but I do remember standing by the front door at the end of a horrible, rainy day…
When our 5 kids were little I ran away. Well not exactly, but I do remember standing by the front door at the end of a horrible, rainy day…
You know how you make spur of the moment decisions and then think better of it later? Yeah, well, I let my 3-year-old tinkle in…
Birthdays are a wonderful thing because they are a time of reflection. In the case of a child’s birthday, it is a time not only…
God has not given me any children who take life lying down, which is good, you know, because if one of them did, the other…
My son had just produced a wonderful drawing in red marker (his favorite color) of our family flying kites. (As a side note, I am…
As I pulled away from school after dropping off my six-year-old grandson, I gave thanks to God that I am sill healthy and energetic enough…
Another Mother’s Day has come and gone. I don’t know about you, but if there was a mother-of-the-year award, I’d be out of the running….
“I DON’T WANT TO GO TO THE BATHROOM!” He was doing that distinctive wiggle on his chair, and he’d been doing it for 10 minutes. Rather than another…
Editor’s note: Welcome back one of our repeating guest bloggers: Ginger Plowman. A mom recently emailed me, desperate for a solution for handling tantrums. In…
I used to be such an agreeable person. Has anyone else been amazed by the force of emotion your children can produce within you? I…