“Life is better being a mom.”
Focus On the Good Qualities
Can I just say that I loathe that us humans are so quick to focus on each other's bad qualities rather than the good ones?
"This girl never stops talking."
"That guy is too emotional."
"This person works all the time and never spends time with their family."
"That mom allows her kids to run wild."
"That parent can't manage to keep their house clean."
"This person texts me way too often."
Learning To Be Generous To Your Spouse
It's the holidays. The time of year where everyone becomes more generous. With their time, their money, and their talents. Many challenges even exist to encourage people to be more generous, like paying for food or coffee for the person who is in front of you in line. However, most people have this notion that generosity is limited to an outward action. Giving to those outside of your own home. Typically people you don't know.
The good lies
Growing up we were all taught that lying was wrong....okay, so maybe it actually is, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't stop us parents from doing it anyways.
Girl power
We live in a world where women are constantly having to prove their worth, their abilities, and their competence. Women are degraded by men, intentionally and unintentionally. I have four girls. I'm always worried about them and I tend to overthink how my husband and I should raise them.
A house is now a home
As most of you know now, my husband and I <strong><em>bought a house! Moving is all too familiar for us. And if you've moved, you know the agony it can bring. The changing of addresses for everything, packing all your belongings...hoping and praying nothing breaks on the way, living on only essentials for a period of time, figuring out leases or the buying and selling a home, finding people to load and unload the truck, anything else I'm missing??? This was our 8th move in 6 years of marriage! You could call us pros.
Sister best friends
If you're a parent, I'm sure you feel the same as me. Our heart desires for our kids to become the best of friends! We want them to go to each other when they need encouragement, want to have fun, need advice, but most importantly....when they need love.
A thank you to my better half
Our love story started 7 years ago, and only 6 weeks after meeting, you got down on one knee. That night you promised to love me and cherish me everyday for the rest of your life. A promise I’ve seen many men unable to keep. But you, you have continually kept that promise to me. You are truly my better half
You are....enough.
What if I told you that no matter where you're at in life that you are enough? Do you feel like you immediately want to disagree?
What I wanna teach my kids about friendship
Life isn't meant to be lived alone. That's why we were created to be in relationships with others, whether that be marriage, dating, or friendship! Friendship is beautiful if done in the right way. Often times I see and hear sad things in the world though that make me question how people really view friendship. This is why I want to teach my kids how to do them well!
Moving with children
We just finished moving from California to Colorado as my husband took on an awesome new job. Can I just mention that I am beyond happy that we no longer have to pay California housing prices? Hallelujah! Anyways, 18 hours of driving with four young children (7, 4, 3, and 1) and I thought to myself...