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There Aren’t Enough Words: The Beautiful Mess of Motherhood

Jaimi Erickson — Sun, 17 Jan 2016 20:00:04 +0000

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} I just wanted a break from motherhood. I had been up since 2AM. My toddler did not need sleep-apparently! The wake-up call for the day happened […]

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9 Tips for Teaching Children to Obey

Jaimi Erickson — Sun, 27 Sep 2015 19:00:31 +0000

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 Jenn Gigowski} Ephesians6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; I don’t know about your children, but my […]

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Why Do Moms Obsess About Me Time?

Jaimi Erickson — Fri, 21 Aug 2015 04:44:32 +0000

I am over it! Despite the advice, convincing, and suggestions of others, I just can’t worry about it any more. It is a trap-to fall into obsession of me time that everyone says we need to have as our focus. Well, I am not worrying about it any more. Yes, many days being a mom […]

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The “Work” of A Mother: Working Mom’s Thoughts On Being A Stay-at-Home Mom

Jaimi Erickson — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 04:00:00 +0000

“Mom, you’re silly. Moms don’t work.” This is what my four year old said to me as we were driving in the car one day. We were having a conversation about why the mother of one of her classmate’s was not at the event they had scheduled at school that day. She asked where […]

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Essential Oils Beginner

Jaimi Erickson — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 19:41:00 +0000

When I saw many jumping on the essential oils band wagon, I tried to run the other way. I tend to be a skeptic when the crowd builds. But, the twins were sleeping horribly. As an essential oils beginner, I had to start simply. The twins were up every night for 3-4 hours. (No joke. Every […]

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

Jaimi Erickson — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 05:41:00 +0000

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 […]

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The “Other Half” of a Stay-at-Home Mom: The Working Dad

Jaimi Erickson — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 18:02:00 +0000

I would be terribly forgetful if I did not mention one phenomenal half of the whole picture on being a stay-at-home mom: the working husband! How in the world could we do what we do without their sacrifice? I sometimes envy my husband leaving for work every day, although not the hour that he […]

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