Don’t be overwhelmed!by Jill Savage For thousands of moms who attended the Hearts at Home conference last weekend, today represents a new beginning. After a weekend of encouragement that’s become known as a pep rally for moms, a mom returns home with fresh...
Decorating on a Shoe String BudgetBy Jill SavageA friend and I spent one Friday wadding up Saran Wrap, dipping it in paint, and painting a faux finish on the walls in my stairway and hallway. The finish is beautiful and it cost me just $15 for the plastic wrap and the...
Life with little ones…help!By Jill Savage(written 12 years ago when our youngest was born)In the past six months I have had more people ask me, “So how is life with four children?” My reply has consistently been, “Life with four is not a...
Aromatherapy for the Familyby Jill SavageIt’s amazing where your sense of smell can take you. One whiff of someone’s perfume can bring to mind a special friend who used to wear the same fragrance. The smell of cookies baking will take you back to when you...
The Urgent vs. the ImportantBy Jill SavageWe’re in a solitaire playoff at the Savage household. I recently taught my youngest two sons to play solitaire and now it is their card game of choice. Last night they asked if we could play a couple of games before bedtime....
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...
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...
Mark and enjoyed a date tonight. We chose to use it as a time to evaluate 2008 and make plans for 2009. One of the things we’ve learned to do over the years is to use the concept of advance decision making to keep our priorities and achieve our goals. I wrote...
Do you have your baking done? Is you shopping finished? Do you have the house cleaned? Are you packed for traveling? There are so many things to get done to “do” Christmas. Isn’t it time to let go of some of the expectations for a...
