“Daddy’s going to live by himself for a while. But we love you, and that’s never going to change.” No one gets married expecting to say these words to their precious children. Once, we sat together rubbing a hand over a large belly and imagining the happy future of the child within. But this wasn’t
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How to Make Your Home into Your Dream Sanctuary
This is the first post in a series about creating sanctuary in our homes. Join me and fellow readers over the next few weeks as we “fluff our nests”. Let’s get started. Pssst…if you like this post, will you share it on Facebook and Pinterest? Thanks! You know the place. It’s a white farmhouse in
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Two words that kill your contentment as a mom…and one simple solution
Two words sure to kill contentment: “I deserve.” A furtive shadow cast on the floor alerted me. I whipped around just in time to catch my son running off with an apple. And not to eat it, either, that I knew. The fruit bowl was empty, so he’d been at this a while. I tore
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8 Myths about being a Stay-at-Home Mom
1 John 3:18 “My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.” How many of us are living lies, and don’t know it? Too many stay-at-home moms – and women who want to stay home – get trapped by misinformation about the stay-at-home lifestyle. Dreams and