Tag Archives: Mothering Well
Practicing Thankfulness at Work
Whether you’re a stay-at-home mom or you work at a corporate job, run your own businesses or spend your days going from soccer practice to ballet, we all have work to do; it looks different for ...
AllMomDoes Nov 10, 2016
The Practice of Thankfulness
Kind of like a cruel joke treasure hunt. My car failed emissions and the mechanic did $350 of repairs. My four-year-old Zoe and I had gone from office to office, appointment to appoi...
Nov 09, 2016
DIY Wedding Dress Preservation
Last week my littlest came across our wedding album for the first time. She was captivated as she carefully turned each page and studied each photograph. She took it to bed with her and flipped throug...
Kristina Slaney Nov 08, 2016
Mothering Co-Op
My mom got a lot of things wrong in her parenting techniques (don’t we all?). But, one thing she grasped early on was the fact that she could not be everything to us. And so, she did...
Ann Kirsten Nov 08, 2016
Finding Contentment in the Everyday
I teach writing for a living and one of the best-known lessons of writing is to ‘write what you know,’ which is a funny thing because that’s the main writing lesson I break. I never ...
AllMomDoes Nov 08, 2016
Ten Ways for Kids to Serve
Moms, remember just a couple of months ago when the kids started back to school and life seemed chaotic? I was thinking how in my house it feels like we have just reached a routine and daily chaos has...
Stephanie O'Farrell Nov 07, 2016
Stopping the “Woe Is Me”
My 19-year-old middle daughter Katie had been alive this time last month, and now she was gone—struck down by a ruptured cerebral aneurysm just a month after completing her freshman year of coll...
AllMomDoes Nov 07, 2016
To the Momma Who Can’t Afford Christmas
It starts early, doesn't it dear momma. The feelings of guilt and the pang in your chest of "if only." You see your friends and what they are doing for their children for Christmas. You see the catalo...
Rebecca Joy Nov 06, 2016
How Can We Develop a Thankful Heart?
My daughter sat on the floor with her dresser drawers open, surrounded by fabric casualties. She repeated the phrase that so many of us utter in the early morning hours--'I don't have anything to wear...
AllMomDoes Nov 06, 2016
What Does It Mean To Choose Gratitude?
During my early to mid-twenties, I found myself in a strained relationship with one of the most important people in my life, my mom. It was hard and awkward and painful. For both of us. The combinatio...
AllMomDoes Nov 05, 2016