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Podcast :: Simple Self Care with 500 Seconds to Joy

I love every chat I have with Stephanie at 500 Seconds to Joy. This week we talked simple self care in a very needed season of life! Join us as we chat realistic ways to achieve self care! Listen with Apple :: https://apple.co/2xnwEGe Listen on Spotify :: https://spoti.fi/2QMBKCM Related Post :: 10 Completely Free Ways… Continue reading Podcast :: Simple Self Care with 500 Seconds to Joy

Babies, Kids, Parenting, Toddlers, Uncategorized

PARENTING :: Find Your One Good Mom Thing

In early motherhood I was so stumped how other mom's were doing it. How they were happy and thriving. I looked at my children and was lost on how to actually spend time with them. I didn't connect with my kids on anything because I was so overwhelmed with the thought of doing everything. As… Continue reading PARENTING :: Find Your One Good Mom Thing

Babies, Blog, Kids, Parenting, Pregnancy, Toddlers, Uncategorized

PARENTING :: Realistic Parenting Tips

It's no joke that parenting today needs to come with a whole new handbook of rules, tips and tricks. Momming today is hard, with all the new gadgets, social dimensions and pressure to be the self sufficient, multi faceted, do it all mom. I'm five years in with three kids (plus one in the oven).… Continue reading PARENTING :: Realistic Parenting Tips

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PARENTING :: hospitality

Oh boy... Hospitality. That one word is enough to make this hermit-hearted mama's palms sweat. I prefer nights alone on the couch curled up any day over hosting others, or even being hosted for that matter. Mainly because hosting is so. much. work.  But today's devotional gave light to another angle of hospitality that I'm… Continue reading PARENTING :: hospitality

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PARENTING :: humility+pride

Last night I fell asleep thinking about how very important to me it is to teach our girls to be humble. Above anything else, it's really my number one quality to instill in them. I sat on it, thought about it, and prayed on it up until I fell asleep. And then this morning's devotion… Continue reading PARENTING :: humility+pride

Faith, Parenting, Toddlers, Uncategorized

PARENTING :: expectations

It's hard for me to write today's post because it's a large self admission of failure. And who wants to openly admit they've failed?! And failed. And failed. But I feel so compelled to share because if I'm struggling through this, I know others are too. Today's devotional in the #nomoreperfectmoms series hit me like… Continue reading PARENTING :: expectations

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READ :: It’s Not Supposed To Be This Way

To preface: I'm not going through a crisis in my current season of life. We have no struggles with infidelity. I'm not fighting any major battles health wise, or the like. I share none of the major storylines of this book. I'm somewhere in that in between phase, stuck in the middle of the high… Continue reading READ :: It’s Not Supposed To Be This Way