What’s better than playdough? Playdough that you can eat! This will make those long cooped up days inside go a little faster for your kids. It’s easy to make and easy to cleanup! When you tell the kids they can eat it, that’s the best part! ...
So here at Hearts at Home we have this little party for 4,000 moms happening in four days. On top of that, my family and I spent all day Sunday in Indianapolis at Mark’s step-dad’s funeral. We arrived home late Sunday night. With those two commitments...
“Do everything without complaining or arguing.” ~Philippians 2:14 NIV
Last night I caught up with one of my best friends, Becky. She was telling me how she spent yesterday with another friend of hers who was celebrating her birthday in a rather unique way. It seems this friend found herself disappointed every year when her birthday...
A little over a year ago we had two vehicles we considered “necessities.” One was my 2003 Honda Odyssey minivan. The other was my husband’s 2002 Chevy truck. In January 2010 my Honda Odyssey died. The transmission went out. Mark had just...
Thank you to everyone who shared how they take care of themselves on last Thursday’s post. If you need ideas on how to take care of yourself while you’re caring for your family, you can read all the great ideas HERE! The winner of the drawing from...
(Because we had technical difficulties last Monday, and we didn’t want anyone to miss this important communication, we are reposting this Marriage Monday.) It’s happened again. Last week, we learned of another family has been broken up because one person...
“God loves to take circumstances and situations that you and I may consider a lost cause and redeem them.” ~Julie Barnhill
So I’ve had my sweet little granddaughter, Rilyn, for the past 4 days. Her mommy and daddy went to a conference in Atlanta, GA. Can I be honest with you? I’m tired. Just worn out. She’s a really good baby…but she’s a baby and...
Parents often ask me, as a former piano teacher, when they should begin their child in piano lessons. When I recommend no earlier than second grade, they are amazed. Part of my answer comes from my experience teaching young children and finding that second grade is...
