Someone recently wrote to ask me how she could become a more organized Mom: QUESTION: I am as far from a Type A personality as they come, and I struggle (still!) with productivity and discipline. As a Homeschool mom of 5, with number 6 due in just weeks, I am convicted of how important discipline and order is. It's not that I don't eagerly desire to move from point A to point B... I just don't ...
Advice on Taking Advice
You should do this. You should do that. I can't believe you eat that. If you'd just do this, you wouldn't have that problem. Do what I do and then you, too, can be perfect. Maybe they don't use those exact words, but that's the feeling you get. We're all bombarded by advice and people who downright tell us what to do, whether it's on the phone, in person or on our Facebook wall. Add in ...
Travel Packing Tips for Flights
Following a couple of decades of mostly staying home with young children, I've done a fair amount of travel in the past few years. Florida, California, Maui, Oregon, Texas, Arkansas, Kansas, Hawaii, Colorado, Arizona...and did I mention Florida? The Sunshine State probably wins my prize for most trips. By the time this summer ends I will have been there four times in ten months! That amount of ...
Homemade Mashed Potatoes: Our Family Recipe
These days our family equates real mashed potatoes with special occasions like holidays or big family gatherings. But it wasn't always so. Let me take you back to our life many years ago, before I give you our recipe for homemade mashed potatoes. We lived in a tiny church parsonage in a small farming community of less than 1,000 residents. Oh, how we loved that town. We had seven children when ...
A Warning From My Scary Health Episode
Visiting the doctor's office is pretty low on most people's mental list of fun things to do. If you're like me, you tend to avoid going to the doctor unless absolutely necessary. There's nothing wrong with that tendency, but it can sometimes be a challenge to know whether avoidance is helpful or hurtful. In fact, it may only be evident in hindsight. I'm not here to advocate either approach, just ...
