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Working from home with my kids – Pro’s and Con’s
I thought working from home with my kids was the best thing for our family. That is with kids, because they need help with homework, more supervision, a mom that can come to the school events and stuff too. What I didn’t realize is that it’s just as important when they are teenagers. Being the […]
Pray as if your prayers have already been answered.
What do you want out of life?A new car, a new home, another baby, a better job, more money, a better prayer life, more free time? Do you find yourself praying for all of these things and more? But how do you pray? Do you beg and plead? Just pray, your prayers have already […]
Going on a Facebook Diet
I have been waiting in the wings watching how less stressed out my husband is since he’s been on a Facebook diet. He made the decision a few weeks ago not to actively participate on the social media platform except maybe for a few minutes a day. Funny thing is, he’s not even doing that […]
Church is to the sinner as the Hospital is to the sick.
Church is to the sinner as the Hospital is to the sick. When someone gets really sick and they want to get better, they go to the hospital. When a Christian is struggling with sin and wants help, he goes to church. The doctor is there to help, just as the pastor and others in […]
I will work from home.
At least that’s what I told myself in 2009 when I was a single mom of 3 kids, finishing up my degree from home, homeschooling my oldest son, and unemployed. I will work from home became my mantra. It’s the only thing that kept me sane. I will work from home became my mantra. I […]
Teamwork encourages prayer
​ As I watched my girls in the last minutes before leaving for school this morning, I realized how my prayer has been to encourage teamwork in them is really paying off. Not that they always get along, as sisters often do not get along. As a mom of teenagers, I often encourage teamwork, but […]
When your heart is broken by a kid dying on screen.
It started in early July of 2014, before my son was diagnosed with FAP. The girls bought the book The Fault in Our Stars. If you haven’t read the book, its about some teenagers who are living life with cancer, and of course there is a kid dying on screen. That book set the tone […]
Using essential oils in time of stress.
Some days I think that I’m being tested. Maybe I am. One thing that’s helped me get through the last 3 years is using essential oils in time of stress. It can be small things that happen like when I burned dinner. It can be big things like when my son was recently diagnosed with […]