Patience

Today guest post is brought to us Angie Reedy. With a wonderful husband and three young children, Angie is writing her way through motherhood.  She shares how the laughter, sentiment, and sometimes craziness of real life provide insight into the love of God at...

What do YOU want for your birthday?

I’ve shared before that we do a birthday breakfast tradition at our house.  When we celebrate a birthday, it’s cake and ice cream for breakfast! However, when Mark asked me yesterday what I wanted for birthday breakfast, I told him I really didn’t...

Marriage Monday: 18 Ways to Flirt with Your Spouse

Mark and I recently saw a friend we hadn’t seen for a long time.  We asked how he and his wife were doing.  He said, “We’re learning to flirt well and flirt often.” I loved his answer!  This is a couple that’s been married about 30 years!...

Friday’s Quote of the Week

“The greatest gift a parent can give a child is unconditional love. As a child wanders and strays, finding his bearings,he needs a sense of absolute love from a parent. There is nothing wrong with tough love, as long as the love is unconditional.”  ~George...

Third Thursday Blog Hop: 1 + 1 = 14

Today is the Hearts at Home Third Thursday Blog Hop where you get the opportunity to hop around on other mom’s blogs to interact with them and their honest message about the topic. Because today’s topic is No More Perfect Marriages, I thought I’d...

Is there rest for the weary?

One of the things I’m trying to do is to be more intentional about sleep.  My body needs good sleep and quite frankly, I need about 9 hours a night. How in the world does a mom get the sleep she needs? I’ve found there’s one way to make it happen:...

5 Ways to Make Your Home a Launching Pad for Your Child

Today I’m accompanying Austin and a friend to Moody Bible Institute for a college visit. Austin is a junior, but he’ll be graduating early in December, so we’re in the process of figuring out what life looks like after high school for him. He...

Friday’s Quote of the Week

“Love each other as if your life depended on it. Love makes up for practically anything. Be quick to give a meal to the hungry, a bed to the homeless—cheerfully. Be generous with the different things God gave you, passing them around so all get in on it: if...

Love

It’s Valentine’s Day. This year I see Valentine’s Day through a different lens.  Last year Valentine’s Day was very painful for me.  My compassion and empathy meters are going off today for single moms and dads or those who are going through a...

5 Ways to Help a Grieving Heart

Twenty six years ago when I graduated from college, my vision for my career was to teach music.  I graduated with a degree in vocal music education with piano and voice as my principle instruments. I thought I’d be teaching music in a high school somewhere in...

Out with the Old, In with the New!

Today’s guest post is from Carla Link. Carla and her husband, Joey have served with an international parenting ministry for over 20 years. Joey is a pastor and Carla’s degree is in social work. Joey and Carla have written a book that has just been published...

Marriage Monday: An end and a beginning

Last Friday was a graduation for Mark and I.  It was the last regular marriage counseling session from our very hard 18 months. For 18 months one or both of us has had a counseling appointment nearly every Friday at 9 a.m.  Not only that, but the counselor we chose to...

Today (2.9.13) is the last day for the $100 FREE bonus offer!

You don’t usually hear from me on Saturdays but I don’t want you to miss out on the No More Perfect Moms Bonus Offer that ends today. If you already took advantage of it and received your resources, I hope you are enjoying them! If you haven’t yet...

My imperfect week…

I think it’s appropriate that I share some of my “imperfect” moments this week. I completely missed a radio interview because I thought they were calling me and instead I was supposed to call them.  I forgot a friend’s birthday.   I had...