We have a winner…and some encouragement for today!

I’m glad so many of you enjoyed Karen Ehman’s post yesterday on organization! I loved reading everyone’s posts. I’m definitely a Take Charge Tina with a little bit of Perfectionist Polly thrown in for good measure.  I already made an adjustment...

Workshop on the Go: What’s Your Home Organization Personality?

One of the most popular speakers at a Hearts at Home conference is Karen Ehman…the Hearts at Home queen of organization! Karen has been described as profoundly practical, engagingly funny and downright real. Her passion is to provide women, wives and mothers...

Educational opportunities are not one-size-fits-all

Every child is a unique human being with their own personality, their own temperament, and their own learning style. As parents, Mark and I initially approached educating our five children with a one-size fits all mentality. Soon however, we began to consider...

Welcome to my new blog!

Today I want to welcome you to my new blog! My daughter Anne and I have been working hard over the past month to give my blog a fresh look to match the Hearts at Home website makeover.  We’ve moved from Blogger to WordPress which has allowed us to create some...

Fresh Starts in the New Year

Hello blog world friends!I thoroughly enjoyed our Christmas break.  All of our kids were home for a full week!  We played games, enjoyed meals, played Kinect (oh my! So much fun!) and spent way too many days in our jammies.  It was perfect!I also went...

Daddy God

Do your children ever lift their arms as if to say, “Mommy, pick me up?” Maybe they crawl up next to you on the couch and lay their heard in your lap, looking for a loving caress. Even if your kids are too old to be picked up (my teenagers would break my...

2010 takes us into 2011…Are You Your Spouse’s Publicist?

Last week when when I was reading Thriving Family Magazine, one article title caught my eye: Become Your Spouse’s Publicist.  In the book world, a publicist is one who advertises and promotes books.  It got me thinking…Do I more often give my...

The 12 Days of Christmas Break–Day 8

Bundle up the family and go for a winter walk today. Make edible peanut butter play-doh – you can find the recipe here!  If you have teens, have them plan a meal, go to the grocery store to purchase the ingredients, and make it completely by themselves later this...