How to Find Time to Clean in the Random Moments of Your Day I don’t have hours a day to clean . . . although since I have a college-aged son, a husband, a grandma, and three kids six-years-old and under at home, I wish I did! Take advantage of the random moments in… [Continue Reading]
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5 Ways to Breathe God-Messages
5 Ways to Breathe God-Messages Where do you go for inspiration? Sometimes I sit down with my journal. Other times I take a walk or take a bath. Today I found inspiration from Facebook and hymns. Honestly! Facebook is always interesting, but when I read through my feed today I noticed a few things: Death, loss,… [Continue Reading]
How to Get Better at Handling Anger
I’ve been a mom for 23 years, and for the first five of those years I had moments when I struggled to control my anger. While I was growing up, my stepdad would go from straight-faced to slap-you-on-the-side-of-the-head-angry in 15 seconds flat. I found myself repeating that cycle. Most of the time I’d deal with… [Continue Reading]
10 Reasons a Homeschool Mom Needs a Night Out
Homeschooling: It’s part parenting, parting schooling, and pure craziness at times. Homeschooling is all-consuming. Homeschool moms are the moms and the teacher. Their job is 24/7. And as for rest . . . what’s that? I had a chance to write the novelization of the movie Moms’ Night Out. Working on this project made me… [Continue Reading]
Have a Positive Outlook on Life . . . in 3 Minutes!
Are you a glass half-empty or glass half-full type of person? Do you always look to the negative or try to find the positive? For many years I swayed toward Miss Negativity. I could have an almost-clean house, and I’d mope over the one area not yet sparkling. Or I’d read a dozen great reviews… [Continue Reading]
5 Questions that Can Change Your Schedule … and Your Life
5 Questions that Can Change Your Schedule … and Your Life I used to be the worst at saying no. If someone needed help at church, or a babysitter, or a work-project to get done, I was the person whom they could count on. I prided myself for being able to accomplish more than anyone… [Continue Reading]
Restoring the Lost Art of Piggy Bank Savings
There is nothing more wonderful than to hear exciting announcements like this: “Mom, I’m getting married!” or “Goyers, guess what? You’ve been chosen to adopt a wonderful sibling group!” We’ve heard both within the last six months, which means that our family is growing in wonderful ways! (And more information about this new sibling group… [Continue Reading]
How to be “Involved” in Ways that Really Matter
Have you ever heard this saying by Theodore Roosevelt: “Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care”? Caring takes involvement. Caring takes being present. We are involved in a lot of things today, but how much time do we take to be involved with people . . . really involved?… [Continue Reading]
7 Ways to Know God’s Call
7 Ways to Know God’s Call There is a myth today that says we must get our life organized and in order before we follow God’s call. Our kids must have adequate time with us. Our debt must be paid down. Our days must have space … and peace. After all, how can we… [Continue Reading]
Is It Time For A Clean Sweep?
Is It Time For a Clean Sweep? I love the television show Clean Sweep. In the show the contents of a whole room are placed into a person’s driveway, and their things are sorted into piles: Keep, Maybe Keep, and Toss. One of the aspects I love about the show is the way junk is… [Continue Reading]