Sandra Joseph is a popular Hearts at Home workshop speaker. Today’s post comes from her heart…As a Mom you’ve experienced that woman in the grocery store, You know, that one that tells you to treasure every moment of your child’s life because it goes so...
At 6am this morning we awoke to get our birthday celebration of cake and ice cream for breakfast started! Funny…6am is just about the same time I was awakened by labor pains 14 years ago. In fact, today I was thinking about how birth is an appropriate...
I’m finding myself quite contemplative this week. Ok, so truth be told, late at night when everyone else in the house is asleep I’ve cried myself some big crocodile tears more than once this week. Why?Because my baby is going to high school next...
And the winner of last week’s book giveaway is…Jacque from Pennsylvania! Congrats Jacque! Shari will be sending out your Good Girls Don’t Have to Dress Bad book right away!Last week’s Workshop-on-the-Go was so popular that I asked Shari to do one...
One of the things that makes a Hearts at Home Conference so much fun is having the ability to design your own day to meet your needs as a mom. Our conference workshops range from parenting your toddler to launching your teenager into adulthood. You can...
Today’s Living With Less post was penned by my friend Mary who, along with me, writes a weekly Hearts at Home column for the Pantagraph newspaper. When I read Mary’s words, I just knew I had to share them with you! Tucked inside all the paperwork...
When my kids were little we used chore charts with stars to motivate and hold our kids accountable to carry out their home responsibilities.As they’ve grown older, we found the need for a new strategy. And with our two teens at home, we’ve found that...
My friend Becky shared this quote with me this week:“My whole life I have been complaining that my work was constantly interrupted, until I discovered the interruptions were my work.” ~~ Henri NouwenWow! If that doesn’t describe...
Two nights ago I hosted a girl’s night out at my house. We kicked the boys out (well, we were nice about it) and ate pizza, talked, played games, talked, made sundaes, talked….you get the picture!Every mom needs a community of women around her who...
When I wrote the book My Heart’s at Home, I wrote about 12 roles that home plays in our life. One of those roles is “Home as a Cultural Center.” Growing up our family had many international friendships. When we lived on the Indiana University campus...
Mark and I are tucked away from technology for the remainder of this week enjoying some time with our family. This will be a short post from my phone. We hiked today at Turkey Run State Park. I worked hard to be a “Yes Mom” when the boys wanted to climb...
Our family is on vacation this week so I’m featuring a guest post by Angie Reedy, a mom of two little ones. Her post perfectly fits the summer challenge I made several weeks ago encouraging us all to do a getaway with our husband of at least 24 hours without the...
Last summer I ran this post on being a “yes” mom. Because I personally need the challenge once again, I’m re-posting it for this July!Last week my boys ran inside and said, “Mom, mom…it’s so hot outside! Can we see if...
I received this email last week:Hi, Jill!You’ve asked for fun summer ideas–I want to share this one with you! Each summer, my parents host their grandkids for “cousin camp.” They just go to my parents’ house and have a ton of fun. Right...
So have your kids said it yet? You know the phrase.We’ve all heard it a million times.Mom…I’m bored. Yep, I heard it yesterday for the first time. Somewhere around 2:30 in the afternoon it escaped out of my 13-year-old’s mouth. So you want to...
