Bohemian Rhapsody is a classic song that many of us spent time in high school singing at the top of our lungs. This rewritten version all about moms perfectly sums up what mom life can be sometimes. It’s about time moms had a power anthem dedicated to them. Enjoy and share it with a friend. Read more…
Marriage is hard, plain and simple. It is full of bumps and hills that bring us all kinds of curve balls into our lives. It’s so important to find time during all the life throws at us to tell our spouses how much we love them. Truly, love should be expressed every day of the […] Read more…
My prayers are ALWAYS answered. Now – don’t get me wrong, sometimes they are answered not exactly how I would like them to be, but today I want to talk about the other times they are answered. The times when they are answered immediately and with a big slap in my face. Not literally – […] Read more…
If i have learned anything about showing love to my family in this life, it is that EVERYONE shows love and wants to be shown love differently. One of my favorite books is The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman. If you haven’t read it or taken the quiz to find out what YOUR love […] Read more…
When it comes to money, my husband is a saver and I am a spender. Luckily, in a marriage that is a pretty good balance! If it were up to me, we would probably have no money, but a lot of fun! Shopping and fun activities would be on our daily list of activities. Thank […] Read more…
It is such an honor and my privilege today to introduce you to my beautiful friend, Candace Simpson. I actually met Candace many years ago as she photographed my wedding! {Which by the way… she is an incredible photographer. You HAVE to check out her latest wedding photos here, that she took in the ice […] Read more…
The other day we had a family movie night. We were watching Enchanted. Have you seen it?! It is one of my VERY favorite Disney movies. The movie’s main character, Giselle, begins with her planning to marry the amazing Prince Edward. Unfortunately, the evil queen tricks her into making a wish into a well and […] Read more…
I desperately need my sleep. I have always loved {and NEEDED} my whole full nights rest to function throughout the day. I truly believe in beauty rest – not only for outward beauty, but for inward beauty. If I don’t get my full seven to eight hours of sleep at night, I am little Miss […] Read more…
I ran into my house and slammed the door. Tears were running down my face uncontrollably. My mom was visiting from California and was sitting on our front room couch waiting for me to come home from work. I saw her and fell into her arms and cried. She held me tight and cried with […] Read more…
The first time I met Christy, I was in 6th grade. She may not remember this, but she was in 8th grade and she was the student aid in my math class. She was a big 8th grader who I looked up to. She was pretty and nice, she was funny and smart. I loved […] Read more…
I have been a mom for a little over a year! 430 days to be exact. Which is 10,320 hours. OR 619,200 minutes. This is a total of 37,152,000 seconds – And I can honestly say that these have been the craziest, most fun, exciting, tiresome, and BEST seconds of my life. I have grown more […] Read more…
Just a little Sunday Thought today – “Try a little harder, to be a little better.” Think about it this week and apply it to your lives. Maybe you can try a little harder to have more patience. OR maybe you can try a little harder at telling your children you love them. OR maybe […] Read more…
It is such a privilege to hear from a beautiful friend of mine that is a wife and mother of three cute kids {one being a true miracle baby} for our Motivating Mother Moment! Melanie Day’s story of courage and faith has not only inspired me, but has inspired everyone that knows her or has […] Read more…
Often times we come to moments in our lives that change is required. Sometimes we move to a different home, we find a new job, we lose someone we love, we gain someone else to love, our family circumstances change and the list goes on and on. I have so many examples in my life of […] Read more…
Many of you know how I started this blog. As crazy as it sounds – I honestly just woke up one day with the idea! I had been looking for a way to share with others my love for motherhood and I thought a blog would be a great way to do so. I wanted […] Read more…
Motivating Mother Moments are one of my very favorite parts of this blog and I am grateful for the opportunity I have today to introduce you to another mother in my life that has been an example to me. This aunt of mine (she feels more like a friend or sister than an aunt because […] Read more…
I would like to start this post by telling you a story I recently heard about a man. We will just call him Sam. Sam was on a bus one day going home from work. During rush hour, the bus was full and had very few seats available when another man and his two kids […] Read more…
I have always wanted to be a stay at home mom! To me, there is nothing better than being with Laila and experiencing every day with her. I love to see her grow and I love to see her learn. Every day she has a new “trick” that we just obsess over. I love waking […] Read more…
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