Tag Archives: Mothering Well
The Present Is A Gift
For most of my life, I spent very little time living in the present. Instead, I bounced back and forth between worrying about the future and beating myself up over the past. I wasn't consciously aware...
Nov 05, 2022 Credit: iStock | Stock Colors
Your Kids Should Not Be The Most Important In The Family
Reprinted with permission. Original article by John Rosemond. "I recently asked a married couple who have three kids, none of whom are yet teens, "Who are the most important people in your fami...
Nov 03, 2022
An Attitude of Gratitude
The Bible tells us that David paused 7 times a day to praise God. How powerful is that!? Psalm.119:164 "Seven times a day do I praise you because of your righteous judgments." I can only imagine the p...
Nov 01, 2022
How to be Involved in School as a Working Mom
The school year is well underway and that means things like field trips, fund raisers and class parties are coming your way. Maybe your kids school recently visited a local pumpkin patch in celebratio...
Oct 31, 2022
Choosing Adventure
"Few places in this world are more dangerous than home. Fear not, therefore, to try the mountain passes. They will kill care, save you from deadly apathy, set you free..." John Muir I made myself go t...
Oct 25, 2022 Credit: iStock
If My Child Were the Bully, I'd Want to Know
It was the third day of summer camp, and we were on our way home. I was going through the regular post-camp questions when my son paused. "Mom?" he said. "Some of the kids were kind of...a little bit....
Oct 17, 2022
Re-Establishing Rest
As much as I want to deny it, fall is settling in around us. The leaves on our street are already tinged golden, the breeze a little more cool than warm. The kids are back to school, sports and music ...
Oct 13, 2022 Credit: iStock | Zbynek Pospisil
My Experience with Bullying
The sky was a crystal blue as I hung from my ankles and wrists. So, so blue. And then my body was swung and I caught a glimpse of the neighbor's fence and I was swung the other way and spotted the bol...
Oct 10, 2022
Pre-Teens and Babies
The preteen years can be tough for parents. Like, really tough. A few years ago, I wrote about it here: Parenting Pre-PRE-Teens | AllMomDoes I was reminded of how hard this parenting phase is when I h...
Oct 08, 2022
Sunday Scaries
My husband and I were talking to another family a couple of Sundays ago about being back in the swing of school, extra curriculars and an overall busy schedule. The dad mentioned feeling an uptick of ...
Oct 07, 2022 iStock: Nicole Taionescu
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