Mississippi Mom Blog

November 14, 2018

Why is Thanksgiving So Important?

It's the week before Thanksgiving, and I'm busy getting ready for the kids' school luncheon, planning what I'll bake and looking for Egg Bowl tickets because that's all my teenager wanted to do for her birthday. I now have a teenager. Did I mention that? Time flies when you're having fun. Or having babies. Or both, I guess. Anyway, as I look toward the day we here in the U.S. set aside for giving thanks, I'm struck by how easy it is to get so wrapped up in the holiday that we sometimes forget the reason for it. I mean, surely I'm not the only one who has spent too much time on Thanksgiving morning planning my Black Friday ...

November 7, 2018

Don’t Leave Out The Love – Understanding The Key to Meaningful Service

You're busy. I know it, you know it, everybody knows it. How can you still do "all the things" you need to do with the love of Christ? How can that make your service meaningful? This week, I've been resting. Seriously. Weeks ago, a friend asked me to accompany her to a conference, and I told her I would. Then life happened. I completely forgot the dates of the conference and didn't even realize we'd be gone for three full days. The night before we were to leave at 5:00 a.m., I was scheduled to speak at a church two hours from my home. I could see all of my anxiety in my husband's eyes. He couldn't ...

October 31, 2018

How to Keep Your Focus on Christ

It's the last day of October, and the pecans are starting to fall a little more slowly so this might just be the last of my pecan picking parables. I hope you'll bear with me once more because over the past few weeks I've realized how hard it can be for me to stay on track, to focus. It really shouldn't come as such a big surprise. The unfinished projects that clutter my house and home testify to the fact that I am often drawn away from one thing to go after another, but nothing made me realize it more than picking pecans. My husband walked up to me the other day and said, "Which trees have you ...

October 24, 2018

5 Lessons Learned in the Harvest

5 Life Lessons Learned in the Harvest - Faith, Friendship, Hope and More!

Learning Life Lessons while picking pecans - who would've thought? But here are 5 Life Lessons Learned in the Harvest. One week left of October, and Mississippi has finally realized it's fall. The temperatures are falling, and so are the pecans. I spend hours each day walking circles around the trees, picking up the nuts one by one and thinking about life in light of the harvest we're having. Life Lessons: Don't Give Up There are a few simple truths I've been reminded of each time I go pecan picking. First, as I mentioned last week, don't give up. The harvest will happen so we have to hold on to ...

October 22, 2018

Easy Pumpkin Patch Brownie Bites

If you're like me, you love to create cute, fun treats for your kids and their classmates, but you don't always have the time to do so. These Easy Pumpkin Patch Brownie Bites solve that problem! If you're looking for a little something special to send to an autumn party, look no further. Your kids (and their friends!) will love these little brownies, and no one will have a clue how easy they were to make. (I love wow factor that's easy to achieve!) All you need is your favorite brownie recipe, and to be honest, mine came from a boxed mix. I always add an extra egg to the mix in order to make the brownies more ...