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December 29, 2017
What If Your Goals Aren’t Big Enough
It’s that time of year when your social media news feeds and your emails are brimming with headlines about goals, New Year’s resolutions, and making 2018 the best. And I’m all for it. I am a believer in vision boards and striving for goals every year. But I don’t want to be another voice in the wind.
Most people, when talking about goals, say things like, “If people aren’t laughing at your dreams, then you’re not dreaming big enough.”
But what if your goals don’t seem very lofty? What if your...
December 21, 2017
My Top 10 Reads from 2017
This year was a hard one for me. One disappointment after another, piling up in all different areas. And when I’m having a hard time, my go-to is reading. Reading is my escape. Reading is my therapy. Reading is my adventure. And this year I read more books than ever.
But not all of them were any good.
That being said, I don’t post about books that I’m not in love with. The books I’m about to share with you are the best of the best that I read this year! They are my absolute favorite that I ha...
December 14, 2017
What Kylo Ren Taught Me About Authority
Have you ever planned a trip or an experience for your family that you were more excited about than your kids?! We recently took our family of six to Disney World. Even though my daughter has outgrown the excitement of Disney Princess’, we planned much of our days around Character Meet and Greets. With three boys (and me being a huge Star Wars nerd), the Star Wars characters were most exciting!
Now, Disney World is not like any other amusement park! Their Cast Members are in character 100% o...
December 8, 2017
To the 8-year-old who Told My Daughter the F Word
I’ll admit that when I learned that you asked my daughter if she wanted to know what the F word was, then told her even though she said no, I was livid.
How could any child believe it was okay to say that word to another child? To teach it to them. To whisper it in their ear even when they asked you not to. Maybe no one has taught you that no means no. If so, then let this be your first lesson.
When my daughter told me what you said, apologizing to me as though she had done something wrong,...
December 7, 2017
To the 8-year-old Who Told My Daughter the F Word
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I’ll admit that when I learned that you asked my daughter if she wanted to know what the F word was, then told her even though she said no, I was livid.
How could any child believe it was okay to say that word to another child? To teach it to them. To whisper it in their ear even when they asked you not to. Maybe no one has taught you that no means no. If so, then let this be your first lesson.
When my daughter told me what you said, apologizing to me as though she had done something wrong,...
November 30, 2017
Just a Mom: More than Motherhood
“I’m just a mom.” How many times have I sighed and said those words as an answer to the question, “What do you do?” I’m just a mom.
You see I have friends who are insta-famous, running large organizations, CEO’s of businesses, big-time makeup artists, authors of international best-selling books. And here I am a homeschooling mom of four, struggling to write new words between “Mommy, mommy,” interruptions, get my current books in reader’s hands, blog when my computer somehow deletes 1000 words...
November 20, 2017
Book Review: Happily Even After by Crystal Sparks
“Insecurity is the cab driver taking you in the opposite direction from God’s intended destination for your life.”
“It’s time to be who God created you to be and not who others expect you to be.”
And those are just a couple quotes. I could go on and on.
In a beautifully raw way, the author treats a familiar Biblical story as a story friends might tell over coffee. The truths shared in Happily Even After are deeply needed in our world today. Women of all ages need to know their value and the l...
November 16, 2017
You Can…
You can do it. Whatever IT is, you can.
“But I don’t know if I can.”
You can.
“But I don’t feel qualified enough.”
You are.
“But I don’t have the time.”
You’ll find it.
“But I don’t know if I have the courage.”
You do.
How do I know? Because I’ve said and felt all of those things. It took me FOUR years to write my last book (which was considerably less time than it took to write the one before that!). And I hit wall after wall, setback after setback. But I just kept going. You wanna know a f...
