Every Sunday, the Bloomington, Illinois newspaper, The Pantagraph, runs the Hearts at Home newspaper column. This weekly column is written my myself and three other moms to encourage families. You can find the column online here with new encouragement...
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...
I have a confession to make. If there’s sugar in the house, I have no self-control. Seriously…I’ve learned that the only way to stay true to a healthy diet is to keep sweet treats out of the house.But I don’t want to deprive my kids...
Here’s another short video clip to encourage you from the 2009 Hearts at Home conferences. (If you get my blog by email, click here to watch the video.)
Because it’s Hearts at Home week, today I thought you’d enjoy a short video clip from last year’s Hearts at Home conference. (If you receive my blog by email, you’ll probably have to click here to watch the video.) Enjoy!Do you have a...
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...
The picture to the left was taken last April in Vienna, Austria. It’s a picture of our volunteer Hearts at Home leadership in Austria. What a great group of moms! Several years ago, Hearts at Home walked through a door God opened to encourage moms in Europe....
I’ve had the privilege of getting to know a wonderful mom from Minnesota. Susie Larson first spoke at a Hearts at Home conference several years ago. We connected as speakers first, but quickly found out that we had alot in common as moms.Susie has...
This past week we celebrated two birthdays in our family and we did both in a “living with less” style. Kolya turned 16 and his cake request is always an ice cream cake. A purchased ice cream cake is $20 or more, but a homemade one is right...
I’ll never forget the day our son-in-law, Matt asked us if he could marry Anne. As very-nervous-Matt stammered out the words after a few minutes of small talk, this thought went through my mind: “Oh my goodness, this the young man I’ve been...
In the Savage home we celebrate birthdays with cake and ice cream for breakfast. However, I told my husband that the best birthday present for me was to let this birthday girl sleep in today and do cake and ice cream later. In celebration of the unique...
Today I said “no.”It was in response to something someone asked me to do. I wanted to participate, but I realized that doing so would put too much into one day. I needed to simplify. To leave some margin in my day. To choose less.Living with less doesn’t always have...
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