Marriage Monday: The Power of Kindness

Sometimes we have the least patience with those we live with.  We’re kinder to strangers than we are our spouse.  Today’s Marriage Monday is about the power of kindness. Mark says… We become so comfortable with those closest to us, that we often...

MOPS: Because every mom needs a mothering community

Today’s post is from Alexandra Kuykendall of MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers).  As a mother of three girls and baby number four on the way, Alexandra enjoys her occasional breaks from mothering to spend time at the MOPS International office. There she helps create...

Quick Tip for Kitchen Counter paper organization

Need an easy way to keep kitchen counter papers disguised?  Try a picnic basket on the counter. Mark found this picnic basket in the trash at a friend’s house.  It had been damaged by water in their basement.  After we cleaned it up, I decided to try it as an...

Our Justin Bieber character-building experience

For some time, people have been telling our son how much he looks like Justin Bieber.  We definitely saw the similarity and kept telling Austin that he needed to find a look-a-like job and make some money. Last summer, we were visiting our son and his wife who live in...

Marriage Monday: Doing Life Together

When two become one, does it mean you have to do everything together?  Today’s Marriage Monday looks at what “doing life together” really means. Mark says… Yesterday, we spent much of the afternoon and early evening working in the yard.  There...

This week’s winners

Congratulations to these three moms who won books in this week’s giveaways: Megan DiMaria’s fiction books: Robin (robinsnest) Robin (motherbirdof5) I’m Glad I’m a Mom: Melba Congrats ladies!  You’ll get an email from me requesting more...

Friday’s Quote of the Week

“To adopt a child is to take that child out of poverty and loneliness and introduce him or her to a world of love, hope and possibility. There is no greater achievement”. ~Rudolph W. Giuliani

What’s your mothering ROI?

Today’s post is from my friend, Connie Neal.  Connie was a speaker at Hearts at Home many years ago.  She recently Facebooked me after attending a conference where she was challenged on her role as a mother.  After our Facebook dialogue, I asked her to write her...

Mother’s Day Giveaway

There is a competitive side in me and that showed up yesterday in our “Jack Bauer” discussion.  I’ll have you know that there were 39 of us who had no idea who Jack Bauer was and there were 42 of you who knew he was a character from the television...