Parenting

When you are done splashing in all the muddy puddles, and the video games, and movies have bored to death what do you do??? Rainy days can be a challenge for us all.  The kids don't like being cooped...

One of my mom friends recently shared how she turned 'leftover night' into her kids' favorite night of the week.  She opened a 'restaurant' in her dining room.  She lit a few candles, played some fancy music and created...

Mending Broken Branches: When God Reclaims Your Dysfunctional Family Tree is the latest book by author Elizabeth Oates. She is a brilliant, theologically sound woman who is excellent at sharing both the truth of God and her personal experience....

“Without the resurrection, the cross is meaningless.” -Billy Graham Full Disclosure. I think Easter is my favorite holiday. Don’t get me wrong I love Christmas and everything, but that’s a marathon season that can feel crowded and overproduced—sometimes chalked full...

I am a special needs mom to a beautiful and courageous 18 year old daughter. She is the light of my life, and pushes me to never quit. She pushes  through so much with a smile on her face, so...

Three years ago, I found out that I was pregnant with my second child. Later, I learned that the baby would be a boy - my first son! I was ecstatic, and immediately my head filled with dreams of...

Lent is the season consisting of 40 days in preparation of the believer through prayer, doing penance, repentance of sins and self-denial starting on Ash Wednesday. This year Ash Wednesday falls on February 14th, Valentine’s Day. Lent prepares for...

It is no secret that social media is making its way into everyone's life.  Social media helps us to find long lost friends, keep up with what our friends and family are up to, and keep everyone updated on our...

Dear Waco: Please open a restaurant with a playscape. Love, every mom with a toddler. In bigger cities, playscapes are everywhere. If I lived in Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, etc. , I would be writing "Top 50 restaurants with playscapes"...

Y’all, working mom life is hard. Can I get an AMEN?? I’m not saying that any other mom life is easy. I am surely NOT discrediting the life of any stay a home mom. That is a WHOLE other blog...