Sometimes being a mom leaves one with frayed nerves ... and just a bit on edge. Obviously this is true for Panda's as well as humans. … [Read more...]
Shred-Pause (shhh, don’t tell Jillian Michaels)
OK, so I started the 30 day shred back in May - I fanatically and obsessively did 30 days in a row (besides Mother's Day and a family crisis day) and then continued with the thing five days a week for 30 more days. Since that time I have done the shred 3 to 4 days a week since. Well...Jillian is now sitting in the DVD player...waiting...to no avail. Yeah, I miss her - even have withdrawal symtoms. But after many days of 100 degree weather, … [Read more...]
Cliff Jumping Mom!
Don't you just love spending nice quiet fun weekends with your family? Yeah, me too. Well...sometimes ya just gotta spend a wild and crazy fun weekend with your family! This past weekend I think I may have exceeded the definition of wild and crazy fun...have you ever been cliff jumping? It is quite fun - I wrote a post last year about my initial cliff jumping adventure and that left a few people thinking I had lost my mind! This year … [Read more...]
Voice of Truth – Music Monday
In my recent interview with Mary Beth Chapman, wife of Steven Curtis Chapman - she made reference to a song her husband co-wrote (Voice of Truth) and it took me back to a time in my life when this song got me through a particularly rough time in my life. You see my husband was working some 80 hours a week (and that is not an exaggeration) and at times I thought I wasn't going to survive the strain it was putting on our marriage, our family and … [Read more...]
A Real Writer?
It may sound a bit cliche', but I write because I must. I have enjoyed writing for many years, actually most of my life. I have always written because I enjoy writing - getting thoughts out of my head and on paper. It has been amazing to me that in the last couple of years what I write actually means something to other people and is featured in publications. It is truly remarkable to me that what I am writing is changing lives and … [Read more...]
I Will Follow Him – Music Monday
When I watched this music video it evoked emotion in me. This is how I have pretty much gone through life feeling. I'm supposed to be this "proper lady" who loves Jesus and so I do what's pleasing and expected of me...but I really just want to cut loose and love Jesus RADICALLY and LOUDLY in word and deed!!! A Godly man I deeply respect once told my husband..."Your wife is a little special, she's sweet ... and spicy." I'm still … [Read more...]
Happy MOMents Quietly Observed
Watching my teen daughter and son playfully "razz" each other about who is "cute" at school! Teens that still find joy in quietly watching a hummingbird enjoy our feeder. My daughter folding her brothers clothes he hadn't gotten to yet. A rip stick with a broken wheel from over use. My son declaring that he didn't want to sit with certain boys at school because they talk crudely about girls. The childlike enjoyment of ice cream by … [Read more...]
YouTube Teenage Dangers
I thought it was bad when my brothers used to get together with their friends and come up with stupid activities to participate in when they had a bit too much time on their hands! Stupid yes, overtly harmful? No. Evidently the current generation of teens have gotten into the habit of spending some time trolling through the murky videos on YouTube "researching" new and inventive ways of having stupid fun which involves danger. All in the name … [Read more...]
30 Day Challenge…For Your Daughter
My fellow blogger over on MomLife Today, Mrs. Dannah Gresh, is doing something magnificent on her Secret Keeper Girl website - she's challenging moms to spend 30 days in prayer for their daughters! Wanna commit to doing just that with me? My sweet, wonderful 17 year old daughter is entering her senior year of High School and I am all for being a part of Dannah's prayer challenge! There are more than a few decisions my daughter will be … [Read more...]
Beautiful For Me – Music Monday
Here's the message all parents need to infuse into their children! This is the soundtrack for the new Veggie Tales movie Sweet Pea based on the story of Sleeping Beauty. You can get a free copy of this new Veggie Tales movie if you donate now to FamilyLife! … [Read more...]
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