by Jaimi Erickson | May 16, 2013 | motherhood, motivation
If we are made in God’s perfect image, then each of us is a version of perfect. The world’s definition is not the one we need to worry about. This is my description of the perfect mom considering the reality of life as a stay-at-home...
by Jaimi Erickson | Apr 3, 2013 | motherhood, motivation, parenting
Are our children going to turn out fine no matter what? Is it all out of our control? I have read comments stating that being a stay-at-home mom does not matter. The choices we make as moms has no effect on our...
by Jaimi Erickson | Mar 24, 2013 | motherhood, motivation
{Guest Post by Heather Von St. James} I never set out to be a stay-at-home mom. I was going to be a working mom, the main breadwinner, and let my husband be the one who took care of things when I had to work. It is what we agreed on and we were happy with...
by Jaimi Erickson | Feb 24, 2013 | faith, motivation
Exhausted, over-stretched, grasping to figure out if I was a successful mom that day. Of course, I never feel that way on just one day. “Things worth doing are never easy” comes to mind when I think of being a mother, but the bad days...
by Jaimi Erickson | Nov 13, 2012 | faith, motivation
When we were children, we all observed our parents parenting so we had time to learn about parents and children before we thought about having our own. I thought about all of these experiences and they helped me form the ‘what would I do if that...
by Jaimi Erickson | Sep 17, 2012 | motherhood, motivation
I remember a friend posting on his Facebook status that he wished there was a book that would help him understand women. I commented that even being a woman did not mean that I understood many! We are a unique breed of person. Our bodies are not constant or...