Love Your Struggles!

Today is the Third Thursday Blog Hop and our theme is Love Your Struggles. Chemo Brain. That’s my struggle. It is evident because I FORGOT THAT TODAY WAS THE THIRD THURSDAY and I’m getting my post up late! My apologies to all my fellow bloggers who link up...

It’s a Chapter…Not the Book

Child #1: Mom, after I graduate, my friends and I are going to take a cross-country road trip.” Me: Really?  That will cost a lot of money. You’ll have to pay for gas, food, and hotel or camping expenses. Child #1: We’ll sleep in our car so...

Quote of the Week

“The greatest knowledge we can ever have is knowing God treasures us….The Holy Creator sees you as His glorious inheritance.”                                                                                                                                        ...

Progress…not perfection

When our kids are little and learning to walk, they take two steps and then fall down.  Back on their feet, they take three steps and tumble over. Do we see that as failure? Not at all.  We get excited at the effort they are making and we know those steps are the...

Quote of the Week

 “Grace is the face God wears when He meets our imperfection, sin, weaknesses and failures.” ~Unknown

Organic or Not?

As we’ve been changing our eating habits at the Savage household, one thing I’ve started to be more aware of is what produce I should be buying organic. As a mom feeding seven hungry people, I usually disregarded organic options in the past because of...

Marriage Monday: You CAN Change Your Feelings!

Today we’re hearing from a favorite 2013 Hearts at Home workshop speaker: Shaunti Feldhahn. Shaunti’s newest book, The Surprising Secrets of Highly Happy Marriages, is a wonderful resource for couples.  This is an excerpt from the book!...

Quote of the Week

“What you see depends mainly on what you look for.”                                                                     ~John Lubbock

Do you have a dream to write?

Today’s guest post is from Glynnis Whitwer who serves as the Executive Director of Communications at Proverbs 31 Ministries. Glynnis is an author, speaker, and mom of five who blogs regularly at www.GlynnisWhitwer.com. Do you have a dream to write? If so, you...

Quote of the Week

“The most important thing that parents can do for their children is to have a Christ-centered marriage”.                                                                    ~ Darlene Schacht

Do you love your now?

“I can’t wait until she can walk.” “I’ll be one happy mom when we don’t have to buy diapers anymore.” “I’m so ready for him to go to school.” “I’ll be so glad when she can drive herself to all the...

It’s A Study You Can Do In Your Jammies

I’m so excited about No More Perfect Kids, the second book in the “No More Perfect” series that just released! There are three reasons I’m so excited about this book: 1) I believe it is incredibly empowering to parents! That’s...

Highlights from the Hearts at Home Conference weekend

This past weekend over 4000 moms descended upon Bloomington-Normal, Illinois to attend the Hearts at Home National conference.  It was an incredible weekend of laughter and learning. Michael Gowin, one of our official conference photographers already has his photos...