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...
I’m so excited to be a part of a brand new weekly resource for moms that Focus on the Family is launching. Today is the premiere of the Mom Webcasts that will be available every Wednesday afternoon. Tuck the kids in for a nap if you are at home or...
It’s Day 2 of the Real Moms…Real Jesus Discussion on the Focus on the Family Radio Program. I so enjoyed my time with Dr. Kevin Leman (left) and John Fuller (right) for this radio program! If you are a mom, tell your friends about this...
Today my daughter, Anne, wrote a beautiful letter to her little one due in just a few weeks. I wanted to share it with you on the eve of Anne’s first Hearts at Home conference that she is attending as an expecting mom. You can read it on her blog...
The winner of the Growing Grateful Kids book drawing is Megan who posted as “The Dowell Family.” I’ll contact you by email Megan to get your mailing address. Congrats!I was so inspired by all the stories shared…if you missed reading...
Taking Care of the Me in MommyBy Jill Savage “Why do I feel like I want to run away from home?” asked the weary mom sitting across the table from me. “I love my family, but I feel like I’ve lost myself somewhere along the way,” she lamented. I reassured this young mom...
Hello all,It’s been a full day here at Mayo. Erica is having an MRI right now and I’m sitting in the waiting room. Thank goodness for internet access! We started our day with Dr. Bowers in neurology. He was wonderful. He spent an hour with us. He first...
Erica and I are leaving for the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN today. We’re hoping for some answers with the myoclonic jerks she’s been experiencing that I first posted about back in March. Please pray that God will connect us with the right doctors and...
So have you been wondering what happened to our Tuesday Real Moms…Real Jesus Chapter 6 discussion? So have I!Let’s just say it’s not exactly been a normal week. Sunday afternoon Austin started feeling poorly and running a low grade fever. He was home...
I have a confession to make. I’m going to be vulnerable and share it with you because I think you might be able to identify with it. I have been struggling with jealousy lately. I know that we are not to envy. God’s working with me on this one, but the...
It’s been a hard day at the Savage household today. A friend of Erica’s from Normal Community High School passed away this morning. She went to prom this past weekend and she took her AP exams yesterday. This morning when her mom went to wake her up for school she was...
Just a reminder that I’m going to start the online book discussion for Real Moms…Real Jesus two weeks from today.We’ll start Tuesday, April 7 with a “one chapter a week” discussion every Tuesday. The discussion on Tuesday, April 7 will...
A couple of weeks ago I had a powerful post titled “As Yourself.” It came out on the same day another post came out and some of you have communicated that you almost missed it, with a suggestion that I re-post it with top billing. So I’m listening to...
We’ve been really enjoying our “reading thru the Bible in two years” we’ve been doing with the boys since the beginning of the new year. Tonight we read Genesis 18 and Abraham’s conversation with God really struck something in me as a...
