1. Jesus is the reason for the season. “Each of us is an innkeeper who decides if there is room for Jesus.” – Neal A. Maxwell. I decide if there’s room for Him in the kitchen when the gravy boils over, at the sewing machine, at the mall waiting in lineups, during a strained dinnertime… Continue reading Ten Important Things To Remember at Christmas (Especially If You’re Stressed)
I’ve had a number of tired, uninspired days lately. Maybe it’s the grey of November, maybe it’s a lack of exercise, maybe it’s well, anything! In any case, some of my days have seemed less than wildly successful. One of these quiet dull days I happened across this verse in my Bible: “With good will… Continue reading Sometimes Service Isn’t What We Think It Is
I was having one of those days that I and my mom friends call “not very prosperous”. Really I would’ve used a stronger term than that to describe it. I was so, so uninspired and wasting time with tiny distractions: googling this, reading that, thinking about this work I needed to do and cleaning up… Continue reading What To Do When Your Day (Or Life) Doesn’t Seem Successful
It hit me, just like that. I was sitting at my desk, having just finished reading my Bible, and was thinking about the possibility of someday moving from this home we love. And suddenly I realized: today, this moment, these circumstances, this time and place, this is as good as it gets. Oh but no,… Continue reading Why Life Will Never Be Better Than This
Almost exactly one month after the day we thought we lost our three cats, we truly did say good-bye to one. Several days ago one of our cats became extremely sick suddenly and had to be euthanized. This lead to conversations about Heaven with my five-year-old. It’s been a sad but good teaching moment, a… Continue reading Four Things I’m Looking Forward To In Heaven
After writing about how I need to make steps to improve my family’s health and trusting God to help us through it, I was inspired to dig deeper into what God has to say about our health and the way we care for our bodies. How exactly does God look at health care? Does… Continue reading What Does God Say About Our Health Care?
For quite some time I’ve been wrestling with the need to make better choices for our family’s health, both in the products we use and the food we consume. I don’t consider myself a big health nut but I admit I do like to make educated decisions when possible. 🙂 I always used to think… Continue reading Trusting God With Our Family Health Care Decisions
Last night I lay awake for a long time thinking about an unusual subject: Fall Cleaning my house. My poor, poor house. It has not been fall cleaned in much, much longer than either I or it care to admit. I thought about flies that die and linger in light fixtures. I thought about dust… Continue reading The Best Spring/Fall Cleaning Products
In honor of a new school year beginning everywhere and new teachers teaching, parents sending off a child for the first time, and brand-new students anxiously starting off to school, I offer my hearty and heartfelt wishes for a wonderful first day and week. May the year ahead be a truly delightful one. School here… Continue reading When You Only Have 365 Days Left to Prepare Your Child For School
I can assure you that my kneejerk reaction to that age-old question “Who can find a virtuous woman” is “if you’re looking for a virtuous woman here, you’ve come to the wrong place!” But what is virtue? Merriam-Webster puts it like this: conformity to a standard of right : morality, a particular moral excellence, a… Continue reading Maybe I’m a Virtuous Mom After All!
Grace for Motherhood Overwhelm 