Real Moms…have appliances that don’t match!

If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook, you know that my dishwasher died this week. No I don’t mean my husband or children…they are just fine. It’s the one under the counter that went out of service.Many years ago when I was just getting to know how...

New Arrival!

It’s here! Today the UPS man delivered a box of books to my house! Wahoo! It’s my new book Real Moms…Real Jesus! I am soooooo excited! This is a book with a message that I believe is essential for every mom to understand. I’m jumping up and...

Facebook and more!

Are you on Facebook? If you are, I want to be your friend! Send me a friend request when you have a chance.Also Hearts at Home has a group on Facebook! Make sure you join the Hearts at Home group, too!And if you Twitter, I’m on Twitter, too! What would we do...

Hearts at Home Upcoming Events

Hearts at Home has alot going on in the next few weeks and months! I’ll be talking more about each of these over the next few weeks, but here’s some info so you are in the know!Hearts at Home National Conference–March 13-14, 2009Discounted...

More Parenting Encouragement

Are you looking for more parenting encouragement? Hearts at Home has regular parenting information posted on the Pantagraph website. Every Sunday you’ll find the weekly Hearts at Home column that is published in the paper also on the website. On Tuesdays,...

Wednesday’s Words of Encouragement

Will You Take a Meal to Your Neighbor?By Jill Savage Moms wear so many hats: laundress, cook, taxi cab driver, shopping specialist, just to name a few. When mom is ill, on bed rest with a pregnancy, recovering from surgery, or adjusting to the weeks after a new baby...

God’s patience

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...

Friday’s Quote of the Week

“As a mother, I must faithfully, patiently, lovingly and happily do my part–then quietly wait for God to do His.” ~Ruth Bell Graham

We have a winner!

I promised to post a winner on Tuesday, but I never made it to my computer. Our 18 year old had a car accident on Tuesday and my day suddenly looked different than I thought it would. She’s very sore, but ok. The car was totaled. Everyone in our house has had a...

Something new!

The start of the new year is a great time to begin something new. For over ten years I’ve had the opportunity to share family encouragement with the readers of the Pantagraph newspaper in Central Illinois. Beginning today, I’ll be sharing an article...

Making Memories Final Day

I did something I’ve rarely done in my life on Saturday. I curled up with a book ALL DAY! I don’t think I’ve actually ever done that before. My daughter, Anne, was visiting and she had the “John and Kate plus 8” book Mixed Blessings. I...

Making Memories continues

I am so inspired! You all have such wonderful ideas! Here’s an overview of some of the great ideas that have been shared thus far:*Write the things your kids say or do right on your calendar and then keep the calendars.*Write in the journals as if you are...