Category Archives: extraordinary mothers

Miscellaneous Melissa

Remember when I said I wouldn’t fall behind on posting for Toni’s 30 day challenge? Ahem…yeah. So, anyway here I am playing catch up again {days 15-22}.  Bear with me, mmmk? Day 15: Show your dream home If this question had been posed three years ago, my dream would have materialized quite differently.  However, since…

The bitter and the sweet

  Mother’s Day is bittersweet for me. The bitter comes from the past, bleeding through to the present.  The delicate relationship with my own mother, the splinters of expectation  always make the day harder than it should be. I avoid the card aisle.  There are plenty of words, heart-felt and good, that I want to…

The Energizer Mama

Have you ever wondered how in the world we, as moms, get “it” all done?  Seriously?  We are the meal planners, bottle washers, outfit coordinators, Mt. Saint Laundry climbers, boo boo kissers and teachers.  Add that to the taxi driver, vacuum operator, hygiene enforcer, social calendar keeper and dust bunny catcher section of the resume….

Holy Housewives Chapter 4

Are you enjoying the perspectives on this book?  I would love to hear your thoughts in the comments!  And, if you like what you read here, please subscribe to receive new posts in your inbox or reader! Chapter four of Passionate Housewives, Desperate for God is entitled Weary Women.  Lord knows, I have felt weary…

BlogHer Here I Come!

If you would have told me this time last year that I would be DYING to go to a blogging conference, I would have said “a blogging what?”. I had no idea what a blog was let alone that there were kick butt conferences available for networking, education, and parties! But I had a life…