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Momlife is TOO hard!

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I have been remembering those days throughout my momlife where I wanted to escape. Where my biggest dream was the "mom fairy" bursting through my door and saying, "You are such a great mom, you deserve a break...I am going to wave my wand and send you on a two day vacation...where would you like to go?" Never happened. Being a mom is hard - it's a daily assault on self. Being a mom is important - it's a daily opportunity to pour into the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Be The Mom, Momfessions Tagged With: Be The Mom, mom challenges, mom life, selfless, Tracey Eyster

Keep It Simple

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Sunday afternoon was peace and quiet loveliness for me. After weeks of rain we had a beautiful day of clear skies and sunshine. I went out back to just spend some time alone doing nothing. Suddenly I found myself taking off my shoes and socks rolling my jeans up to my knees and laying down on the grass. I experienced an overwhelming desire to just feel the ground beneath me, relax and soak up the sun's warmth. I did absolutely nothing but lay … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family Tagged With: Be The Mom, health, Mom Traps (all 7 of them!)

Winners Announced from the Pine Cove Camps Giveaway

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Thanks to everyone who entered my recent Pine Cove giveaway—I appreciate your support so much! I'm happy to announce the winners are . . . Hannah H — youth camp Elizabeth H — camp in the city Hannah and Elizabeth, my publicity team will be in touch via email with details about how to claim your prize. Keep an eye on your inbox! Welcome to Be the Mom! I'm so excited you're here. Be sure you're following me … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Be The Mom Tagged With: Be The Mom, camp, Giveaway, Pine Cove

Social Media Conundrum

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For eight years my immersion in social media has been blessed by relationships made, encouragement shared and received, as well knowledge gained. I am grateful for every conversation, tear, grin and giggle I have shared with others. However, there is a constant “tyranny of the urgent” that comes with social media immersion that has become a heavy burden. Dogged engagement in daily on-line conversation can be its greatest reward, but for me, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Be The Mom Tagged With: Be The Mom, disconnect, less social media, seeking God, Tracey Eyster

Fortune Cookie Predicts Doom

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Building relationship with your kids makes for great fun together when they are teens. I don't get people when they talk about how awful the teen years are because although those years have challenges my experience has been they are the opposite of awful. When you have come alongside  your kids consistently, taught them the truth of who God is, who the enemy of God is and how they walk through life with a target on their back the teen years … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Be The Mom Tagged With: Be The Mom, Be The Mom, Duck commander, Fortune Cookie Fail, happy happy happy, joy not happiness, Tracey Eyster

Be A Mentor, Find A Mentor

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It can be awkward and uncomfortable at first...but a mentoring relationship is something you NEED to pursue. And hey - your seatbelt was awkward and uncomfortable but you got used to that! So buckle up and make mentoring happen in YOUR life! Do you have that “older woman” who touches your life deeply, without much fan fare or notice to the rest of the world? I remember her well; her name was Connie. She was the “older women” in our women’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Friendships, Serving Tagged With: Be The Mom, mentee, mentor, mentoring, the mom initiative, Tracey Eyster

How To Help Kids Remember!

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There are so many things we as moms want to do to help our children thrive in life! I do realize that trying to do them all can make every stinkin one of us go crazy because there simply are not enough hours in the day! So, right now, let me absolve you of all the "Oh my goodness I cannot do it all!" guilt running through your head. Because you know what? You are right you CANNOT do it all. So, you just have to decide what is right for you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sweet Memories Tagged With: Be The Mom, children, help from older moms, improve memory, memorization in children, wisdom

Encouragement Cafe Chat

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More than a year ago I "met" Luann Prater by phone and we shared our hearts on life, where God had us and what the big dreams were He had placed in our hearts. Imagine my surprise when I found out she would be coming to Little Rock a few weeks ago to meet up with Suzie Eller, (my now new friend) and that they wanted to sit and chat with me on their radio program Encouragement Cafe. We enjoyed dinner together the night before, where there … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Friendships Tagged With: Be The Mom, Be The Mom, Encouragement Cafe, Luann Prater, Suzie Eller, Tracey Eyster

I Cannot Birth This Baby!

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Interesting that during my pregnancy over 20 years ago I constantly read the book What To Expect When You Are Expecting and now that I am talking into the lives of moms I was asked by them to write a post on child birth! I really was connected to that book, I even mention it in Be The Mom! They have a website, What To Expect, and they send me an email several months back and say, "Hey, will you write us a guest post?" And I answer back, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sweet Memories Tagged With: anticipating giving birth, Be The Mom, Be The Mom, birthing fear, children, Tracey Eyster, What To Expect

Social Media Sucks

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The humility right out of me. When I use social media to encourage and connect it is grand. When I use social media to juke and jive and work hard to “get noticed” and hustle to make people find me or “like” me it sucks the humility right out of me and reveals my sinfulness. The pattern of this social media world is to see and be seen, have others hashtag you, quote you, friend you, follow you, notice you, tell others about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Faith Tagged With: #LessonsFromGideon, Be The Mom, embracing obscurity, Gideon, pride, social media silence, Tracey Eyster

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