Today is my birthday {it is Elvis’ birthday too, in case you care}. I have had a wonderful day full of love, laughs and family. Feeling retrospective I decided to chronicle thirty three things I have learned about life {not in any particular order} Polka dots and hot pink make me smile. There are few…
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Battling Perfectionism
{an edited post from the archives as I spend Christmas break with my family} The imperfections of a man, his frailties, his faults, are just as important as his virtues. You can’t separate them. They’re wedded. ~Henry Miller I remember well the days that perfectionism consumed my life. I suppose I came by the desire…
He is There
Sometimes the pain in this world leaves my heart heavy. Hope seems lost in the flames of house fires, hard to find for the friends that lost their job and face homelessness at the time of year when home means the most, hidden from friends who discover the sex of the heart beating in the…
You have been warned
I am guest posting at Scary Mommy today about the challenges of parenting teenagers {in a tongue-in-cheek way}. Did y’all know I can be funny when I want to be? Sometimes I surprise myself! The big announcement is that my site, In Be’tween Moms, for those parenting between double digits and the empty nest…
The Privilege of Now
I am not always thankful. I had even considered skipping this post this week, to be completely transparent. A rough week in physical therapy, emotions on edge over some family drama, preparing for family vacation, graduation for Jason, etc, etc, etc. and I have felt overwhelmed and at times, downright ungrateful. I look at my…
Helicopter Parenting or Parenting Parenting?
My kids often accuse suggest to me that I am overly strict and involved in their lives. While I would probably have to plead “no contest” to such a charge in court, I think, I hope and I pray that I am doing this whole mama thing right. But am I? For example: an eleven…
He’s My Son
Chubby little fingers find their way into my hand. His (almost) three year old little self pulls me energetically towards the kittens down the hall… “Tome on mommy, let’s go look at the kitties” (except he said his hard c’s and k’s like t’s so you can imagine how comical that was). The fact that…
Teen/Tween Thursday- Family Time
This week I would like to expand on a post I wrote earlier in the week. When parenting teens/tweens quality family time can be difficult. Our kids don’t necessarily want to spend time with us. Let’s face it: we are not cool (at least to our kids ) This week I recognized the importance of…
Reece’s Rainbow
I have always had a heart for children. Children without loving families. Children with special needs. When I first started blogging I discovered the website, Reece’s Rainbow. This is a ministry serving the needs of children around the world with Down Syndrome and other special needs, helping them find their forever families. While it was…
Teens and Respect
Thank you all so much for the discussion that we had on last week’s topic. This week I wanted to focus on respect. Sunday I picked up the latest issue of Home Life magazine at church (shameless self promotion, I am quoted on page 54). I also picked up the February issue and it had…
