It happens every Monday after a Hearts at Home conference. I’ve heard wonderful messages, attended some great workshops (yes, even though I present workshops, I still sneak into a few that I want to take!), and I’ve got a ton of new ideas in my back...
My day today began at 6am gathered in a circle with my Hearts at Home team huddled together praying for this weekend. Over 6,100 moms are gathering in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois to refresh their heart and soul and to pursue continuing education as a mom at the...
We all have days where we just feel like an ordinary mom. In fact, that’s most days for me. Today’s Third Thursday Blog Hop topic recognizes that we all feel quite ordinary and at times we’d love to have someone “extra-ordinary” to help...
Today’s guest post is from author, speaker, and humorist, Charlene Baumbich. Charlene has spoken at several Hearts at Home conferences. Her novel, Finding Our Way Home, is a story of love, second chances and an unlikely friendship, showing us how the smallest...
Last Thursday my friends Becky and Julie took me to a tea room for a belated birthday lunch. On the table was a plate in a plate holder with “Happy Birthday, Jill,” written on it. When we asked about it, we found that they use a dry erase marker to write...
Today’s guest post is from Linda Anderson. Linda is Founder of Mom to Mom Ministries. She is a workshop speaker at the 2012 Hearts at Home conferences. Linda and her husband, Woody, live in Brookfield, Wisconsin, and have three married children and six-plus...
“I realized at the start that whether a child is biological or adopted, one does not know all the ingredients in the package. That is what growth is all about . A child is the slowest flower in the world, opening petal by petal, revealing the developing...
Today’s guest post is from the author of 31 Days to a Younger You, Arlene Pellicane. Her new book 31 Days to a Happy Husband comes out this summer. Arlene has three children, Ethan(7), Noelle(5) , and Lucy(2) and one happy husband named James. My oldest child...
I don’t mean to brag… but did you know that I can still fit into the earrings I wore in high school? Someone posted this on Facebook and it makes me laugh because earrings really are the only thing from high school I could fit into today! Well, maybe a winter...
Today’s post is from Kim Trobee, Associate Pastor of Women’s Groups at New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The Smartest Question You’ll Ever Ask Have you ever found yourself in the middle of a meltdown and suddenly you wonder, “How...
