Merry Christmas Eve friend! I don’t know how your plans are going but I wanted to encourage you with something I wrote for Proverbs 31 Ministries today and share a Christmas prayer I post each year, in hopes that it will calm and connect your heart with Jesus, the way it does for me each […]
A Perfectly Imperfect Christmas
“Maybe this will be the year everything goes as planned, and we’ll have the perfect Christmas.” I thought. Perfect is what I’d always wanted for Christmas, but in all my years of living I have never been able to pull it off. Perfect looks like peace on earth and in my home for twenty-four hours. […]
How to Become A Confident Mom: Turning Self-Defeat Into Self-Awareness
I remember the day I hit rock bottom as a mom. Tired of struggling with comparison, self-defeat, and my cruel inner critic, I desperately wanted and needed things to change. But I didn’t know what changes were needed until I got brave enough to ask Jesus to show me. I started asking Him to help […]
The Personality Potato Bar
Let’s create a home where our children can grow in the soil of acceptance and approval. A home where our kids know they’re loved for who they are and liked for how they are. A home where, whether young or old, our children don’t feel pressured to be the product of their our desires or efforts. A home where everyone’s needs and preferences are honored, and where each person…
For the Mom Who Feels Like Quitting Sometimes
When my boys turned into toddlers who wouldn’t listen, I turned into someone I didn’t like. Other moms seemed like they knew what they were doing. Shouldn’t I know how to get my kids to behave? I was young and my expectations were high. Secretly, I wondered, What is wrong with me?