Anyone who knows me well is probably thinking, "What does she know about productive parenting?" Or productive anything for that matter. Which is exactly why I can write this post. If there's anything I know about, it's being unproductive. Don't start defending me. There's no need. I'm really not beating myself up. I'm just stating a fact here. Lots of days ...
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I’m Trying: Confessions of a Mom Just Making It
Yoda once said, "Do or do not. There is no try." Y'all, Yoda wasn't human. And, if there's anything I know about being human, it's this: Some days, the triumph IS the trying. Not the outcome, but the effort. As a mom, many days, all I can say is, "I'm trying." I'm trying to hold it together when it all seems to fall apart. I'm trying to teach them to ...
Encouraging Word Wednesday:
Let's take a moment this morning and be honest with one another. Or, just let me be honest with you. Sometimes I get tired of all the things I HAVE to do as a mother. Discipline. Laundry. Dishes. Discipline. Cleaning. Sweeping. Discipline. You're probably noticing a pattern here. Teaching our kids right from wrong, helping them understand that actions have ...
There is no “Mother of the Year Award.”
Yesterday, a frazzled friend said something to me about not winning the "mother of the year award." I said the same thing to her that I want to say to you: There is no such thing. Because none of us would win it. We all have our moments of mothering madness. The moments we cringe to remember, the ones we want to forget. Because mothers all have one thing in ...