I’m sooooo excited!

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...

3 Ways to Shape the Heart Not the Behavior of Your Child

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,...

Am I coming to your neck of the woods?

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...

Happy Monday!

Well there are no words for today…only pictures.  Erica attended a photography workshop in Chicago for two full days this weekend.  Matt and Anne are still on their mission trip.  So Mark and I had all three grandkids this weekend.  It’s been a busy...

Childspeak, hair braids, and the importance of sleep

I love having my grandkids here.  It’s tiring, but rewarding!  It also gives me a lot to blog about!  Three random thoughts come to mind today: First, this is the longest span of time Landon and Rilyn have ever been away from their mommy and daddy.  Landon, 8...

Start the year right!

Can you believe it’s the last day of 2012?  God has done a lot of work in my life in 2012. He’s healed. He’s redeemed. He’s sustained. He’s provided. He’s been my Strength, my Hope, my Truth, my Protector, and my Friend who...

Blog Hop: It’s About Giving

It’s the third Thursday of the month when I link up with other Hearts at Home bloggers who tackle the topic of the month.  Today’s topic is about Christmas giving.  What are your family’s giving traditions?  What do you do to encourage your kids to...

Don’t forget…

Is it getting busy for you?  It is for me! I’m winding down my blogging this week and then I’ll be taking a break for a couple of weeks. I’ll be too busy to blog and you’ll be too busy to read anything I’d write! Before you completely...

State the Positive…Not the Negative

Today’s guest post is from Lori Wildenberg, co-founder of 1 Corinthians 13 Parenting.  Co-author of EMPOWERED PARENTS: Putting Faith First, Lori is passionate about coming alongside parents and encouraging them to parent well.  She lives in Colorado with her...

How to Successfully Bake Cut-Out Christmas Cookies With Your Kids

Last Friday afternoon, I got this text from my 16-year-old: Mom, can I have friends over after school to make Christmas cookies? Now that is a big request.  Making cut-out Christmas cookies is a big undertaking…but how could I say no? My 16-year-old wanted to...

15 Soul Words to Help Identify What You and Others Are Feeling

This year Mark and I have been reading a wonderful book:  How We Love by Milan and Kay Yerkovich.  The book has given us great insights into ourselves and each other.  Not only that, but it has changed our parenting, as well. One way that it has changed us is that we...

3 Ways to Help You Find Your Passion

Today’s guest post is from Jill Hart. Jill’s entrepreneurial career began in her teens when she spent a summer working with her father who ran his own business. When he put her in charge of a Coke machine and allowed her to keep the profits, she saw the...

We’re looking for a few good moms…

We’re looking for a few good moms … 100 to be exact! The buzz is building around No More Perfect Moms.  In preparation for the February 2013 release, we’re creating a launch team to reach as many moms as possible with this important message! We’re looking for...

New Family Pics

The entire Savage clan gathered just a few weeks before Kendall left for Afghanistan. We asked our friend, Scott Sarver, to take some family pics for us while we were all together. I posted all of them on Facebook a few weeks ago, but here are a few of my favorites!...