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Hobbies for Moms

Recently, many of you reached out asking for a list of activities or hobbies for moms do. These activities will help us rest and balance. They are ways we can sneak in self-care and recharge time. Plus, they are fun! In order to be a loving caregiver rather than a mom who is sinking deep into the motherhood abyss, I have had to figure out how to take care of myself. We moms … [Read more...]

When You are An Overwhelmed Mom

There aren’t always solutions to parenting challenges other than sticking to what you are already doing. Time and patience are often all that is needed. This is easy to forget when you are an overwhelmed mom. Being a parent is a mission with long term goals requiring long term vision. When you are an overwhelmed mom, this is tough! Trying to apply a solution can often … [Read more...]

Stop Feeling Guilty For Taking Me-Time

Do you feel guilty when you take some me-time in the midst of motherhood? Stop feeling guilty for taking me-time.

Welcome to Mom Motivation Mondays where weekly contributing writers share their motherhood experiences to encourage you to find the joy in being a mom. {This week: Post by Lauren} I love being a stay at home mom. It was my dream as a child to grow up, have a family and stay at home with my kids. I feel so blessed to be able to this and enjoy spending quality time with … [Read more...]

The Serious Business of Motherhood

We can let the serious business of motherhood drag us down because we focus too much on the future without balancing that with being present in the joy of the moments we have with our children. Are you too focused on the serious parts of being a mom?

Welcome to Mom Motivation Mondays where weekly contributing writers share their motherhood experiences to encourage you to find the joy in being a mom. {This week: Post by Heather} Being a mom is serious business. You’ve not only given your little ones life, but you are now in charge of taking care of their every need at every moment. From the second they place … [Read more...]

How to Preserve Your Story

How will you share your story with your children years from now? Are there moments you wish to preserve so they will not be lost to memory? Take these tips to preserve your story.

Welcome to Homemaking Tips Tuesdays where contributing writers share helpful homemaking tips so you can feel more successful caring for your home and family. {This week, post by: Jessica} I recently finished reading a book in which a woman spends the last few months of her dying mother’s life digging into her past in order to find out more about who she really was.  … [Read more...]

So Much More Than a Starbucks

Right when I needed it, a stranger provided a random act of kidness-and all I thought I was getting was a Starbucks.

Welcome to Mom Motivation Mondays where weekly contributing writers share their motherhood experiences to encourage you to find the joy in being a mom. {This week: Post by Kristin} There we sat in an unusually long drive-thru line at Starbucks. The Raffii Children’s Pandora Station playing “Do Your Ears Hang Low?”, my one-year-old subtly whining because he threw his … [Read more...]

The Shared Experience of Motherhood

Motherhood is more than the act of being a mom, the birth of a child, yes, it is a shared experience that involves many more lives than our own.

Welcome to Mom Motivation Mondays where weekly contributing writers share their motherhood experiences to encourage you to find the joy in being a mom. {This week: Post by Jaimi} Your family sees you at your best, your worst, your beautiful moments and the ones that you wish you could do over again. They see you in your pajamas with bed head, in your fancy … [Read more...]

Why I Chose to be A Stay-at-Home Mom

I chose to be a stay-home-mom based on experiences that I could not ignore. Before my husband and I were even married, we discussed how we would best care for our children if/when we had them. There is only so much preparation you can do to get ready for parenthood, but how we were going to care for our children was important. Maybe you had similar experiences that shaped your … [Read more...]

I am a Good Mom and a Bad Mom

I am a good mom and a bad mom. You are not alone! Perfection is just not possible, so this is the reality.

The Summer I was pregnant with the twins did not hold my best mom moments. Dealing with the first trimester of a twin pregnancy was tougher than I thought it would be. I have been pregnant now 4 times. I figured I was up for the challenge of this one. My ‘I feel like I could throw up at any moment yuck' feeling hit hard around week 8, just as my oldest ended his preschool … [Read more...]

I Don’t Ever Give Up

I don't every give up on my job as a mom. I don't ever give up on my kids, my family, on motherhood. You don't have to either. You can do this!

The role of motherhood has been pushed, pulled, and changed so much over the last 40 years or so that many of us wonder if we are doing it right or wrong.   The way the world defines motherhood is still changing today. Mothers need to know they are important and that a mother's presence is vitally important in the lives of her children.   Recently, my … [Read more...]

A Mother’s Best Asset

What is a mother's best asset? It may be something we don't want to admit.

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 were my kid’ philosophy. Remember all those things you thought to yourself before having children: "I would never let my … [Read more...]

Confessions and Clarifications of A Stay-at-Home Mom

Let's clarify a few things about life as a stay-at-home mom. We SAHMs do not think we are perfect.

   I don’t write this blog because I think my life is perfect, or I am the  perfect wife, or perfect mother.  I write because despite all of my imperfections, I am happy, and will make every effort to be happy every day. I don’t always like  doing what I do each day: Who wants to drag a screaming, kicking almost-4-year old out of Library story time? Who wants to … [Read more...]

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