So I’m still doing my “Lean Body Bootcamp” three times a week at 5:15 in the morning. In the fall, I had very little problem getting up in the mornings. I was loving the routine I was in. Then I hurt my back in December so I was unable to go to...
Every mom does it. We focus on “what could have been” or “what we wish we had” instead of finding joy and contentment in our real life, our real house, our real kids, our real husband, and our real circumstances. While we’re looking for...
Today’s Marriage Monday is a video I did for Focus on the Family. This video is about helping children make sense of a hard season of marriage. If you or someone you know is going through a hard season of marriage, you can find some words of...
I confess that my husband has me listening to country music on occasion. I’ll get in my car after he’s driven it somewhere and a country music station will croon “my dog died” songs to me out of the stereo speakers. Yesterday I...
Today’s guest post is from Heather Riggleman. Heather is a wife and mother to three, one with special needs . You can find her chugging coffee and sharing her latest in the trenches of motherhood at her website or Facebook; She has more to share with her book,...
Today is our blog hop day where I get to share on a topic and other moms join in and share their thoughts on the topic too! Just click on a link below to find encouragement from other moms in the trenches! (If you receive my posts by email, head over to jillsavage.org...
Saturday morning I slept a little late, got up, did a few things upstairs and then headed to the main level. As I walked down the stairs, the smell of something burning hit me. Kolya has a wood burning set, so I thought he had it out doing a project. Rounding the...
In the next few weeks, I’ll be speaking in Gurnee, IL, Pontiac, IL, Channahon, IL, and Normal, IL! Jan 16 Pontiac United Methodist Church, Pontiac, IL (AM) Professionalizing Motherhood Jan 17 Immanuel Church, Gurnee, IL (AM) Living With Less So Your Family...
Last week I had the privilege of partnering with Focus on the Family to encourage marriages on their radio broadcast. They also featured a 5 minute video I did for them in the fall about loving when it’s hard. If you or someone you know are struggling in your...
A year ago when I going through a dark time in my marriage, I found the website www.RefineUs.org. I was immediately drawn to the honesty of Justin and Trisha Davis. I interacted with them on email and found out that they were graduates of Lincoln Christian University...
