Do you see this photo? I love the neat pile. It symbolizes how I want my life to be. It symbolizes how I want my home to look like, my marriage, my family life, even my hair for Pete’s sake! My hair is seriously a disaster today. It looks like I rolled out of bed…
Staying the Course
I like to run. It gets me out of the house. It gets me moving. It gets me breathing fresh air. It allows me to enjoy nature and the beauty of creation. Usually I plan in advance that I want to run. I check the weather. Make sure it fits the schedule and then I…
When Unperfect Days End with Perfect Moments
As I sit here my three children, ages 11, 9 and 5 shooed me away from the kitchen after dinner. Leave the mess. They told me to go. Go to take a nap. Go read a book. Not as easy as it sounds. I don’t quite trust their ‘cleaning up’ methods without any supervision. But…
How to Be the Best Mother You Can Be
Have you ever started a day with such liveliness and a list of all you were going to do that day? But somewhere between the I’ve-told-you-to-do-that-6 times-already and he-said this-and-she-touched me you fizzled. You just wanted to throw in the towel at 10 AM. It’s happened more than I’d like to admit. But at times…
