Have you ever been in a place where you’ve had (almost) no money and you have to feed your family? Where you have to figure out how to somehow get nutritious food on the table on a super-shoestring budget? I have. Many, many times. And you know, it never ceases to amaze me how challenging seasons […]
Archives for October 2017
15 Quality Time Ideas that Kids Love
I think we can all agree that spending time developing strong relationships with our children is a top priority. We have every intention of spending time bonding with them and making memories that will last a lifetime. BUT I also know that quality time can either go one of two ways: you can overdo it […]
5 Tips for an Easy Natural Birth
When I was pregnant with my first child, I decided that I wanted to try for a natural birth. It was noble, I thought. After all, my great-grandmas didn’t even have the option to not go natural, and they all had more than ten kids! But I wasn’t quite sure if I could do it, […]
Why Every Mama Needs to Prioritize Prayer
As Christian mamas, we know that Scripture commands us to pray. In fact, it’s presented as a non-negotiable! I remember a few years ago reading 1 Samuel 12:23 where Samuel says “as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by failing to pray for you.” I thought, whoa. […]
How to Make a Schedule that Works
I remember my first year as a stay at home mom. In the midst of trying to figure out what I was doing, I would continuously attempt to make a schedule that worked. I would spend months coming up with new schedules all the time. Somehow I could never get them to work and I didn’t […]