When you grow up…

I read Tiger Mom and I thought it would be a great tool for me to be able to really set my kids on the right path. Instead it was just a book about how this mom spent way too much time on her kids music lessons- way way too much time.  So much for [...]

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Come to the room

Six years ago today I was sitting around.  Yesterday would be my last day at work for almost three months.  The longest I would ever be off work.  I was sitting around being excited and scared and not knowing what to expect.  I wanted to rewind, to freeze to stay the same. I was expecting my [...]

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#2 was a preemie

My second child was a preemie.  She was born at 34 weeks.  It’s scary having a preemie.  For the few days between my hospital and the one I was moved to I was alone.  My husband was at work and my first born was with family.  My friends were doing their normal things.  So I [...]

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the difference of a moment

So have I been living in the moment? I think I have.  I have stopped reading emails and feeds all day long, I have stopped being dictated directly by my calendar.  I am listening and truly taking in what I am hearing and not thinking of 100 other things.  I am looking at the beauty [...]

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State of disorientation

I am not feeling like much of anything this week.  I am constantly struggling with feeling overwhelmed, having too much debt, like I am going to forget important and non-important things that need to be done and just general feeling of being overwhelmed.  There was a time in my life when my toddler was a [...]

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Praise Mama say what

Proverbs 31:28 (New Living Translation)    28 Her children stand and bless her.       Her husband praises her:  This doesn’t happen in my home. Proverbs 31 woman and I are different on this verse.  My oldest my pray for me when he says his nightime prayers, but at his age most prayers are looking for small miracles, [...]

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Help Others

Proverbs 31:20 (New Living Translation)  20 She extends a helping hand to the poor       and opens her arms to the needy. I don’t have the whole Proverbs 31 memorized.  I am not good at verse memorization like some  people are.  But before I looked up this verse I was thinking I hope it’s about helping people, [...]

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Preemie Moms-Happy Mothers Day

I have two wonderful children.  One of them was a preemie.  Having a preemie changes your life.  My second child was a preemie, so I can say it was a whole other ball of wax compared to my first baby. Here are some things about my preemie (who is now a happy toddler): – She [...]

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National Day of Prayer

“The LORD is good, a refuge in times of trouble.  He cares for those who trust in Him” Nahum 1:7 Yesterday my heart was torn a small bit.  My son loves to sing and he loves the songs he learns in Sunday School and church.  He was playing at Pre-school and singing “We are marching [...]

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Moms & the decisions we make

I read an article on NPR this morning about the outbreak of measles being brought in to the US by travelers and how scary that is for us since some people have opted out of having their children vaccinated.  That scares me.  I am not a doctor, but I trust my children’s doctors.  I think [...]

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