Tag Archives: Mothering Well

Who’s raising your kids? Really? Yes, I know there is all kinds of dialog about how engaged parents should be in child-rearing, how much or how little we should rely on bab...

My kids and I have this thing that we do. They hand me trash, dirty dishes, or some other unwanted item. I look back at them and tell them to read my t-shirt. 'What does it say?'...

Social media has us “in the know” of everything these days. Want to know what your neighbor had for breakfast? I bet you can find it on Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter and who knows...

We took a look in a previous post at the ages and stages at which my husband Michael and I allow our kids to have certain privileges and liberties. Which, in a nutshell, depends. ...

Do you ever feel like happy times are always just out of your grasp? No matter how much you try to plan time to enjoy one another, something always seems to highjack your plans? I know there are seaso...

This is quite the time to be alive, isn’t it? I feel like I’ve been watching the world spin around me these last few weeks with all of the things happening in the world. From te...

Did you know that 96% of women who receive their first ultrasound choose life? Unfortunately only 20% of pregnancy centers have them. 4Us is changing this. TOGETHER we can illuminate hope for pregnant...

I always find it fascinating to get a glimpse into the lives of other moms. How we each can look somewhat similar on the surface but inside our families, we all are so different. Here is a glimpse int...

My friend Kari is so so smart. She has a super great way that she teaches her kids about character qualities. These qualities are things like: appreciative, grateful, loving, kind, compassionate, etc....

In my mom’s era of motherhood it was rare for a woman to work outside the home.  My mother and grandmother were the type of women who could have run corporations.  They found the &ldqu...