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 ...
Perspective for Moms
Somewhere in the midst of grocery shopping, cleaning toilets, working to balance the family budget, and meeting family needs, Moms can lose perspective on what really matters. One of these posts could be just the shot of encouragement you need!
5 Things I Wish I’d Known as a Young Mom
Unfortunately, Moms don't get do-overs. We can't go back and start over with our children or husband, as much as we wish we could. Knowing what I know now, there are a lot of things I'd do ...
The Interrupted Life
The great thing, if one can, is to stop regarding all the unpleasant things as interruptions of one’s “own,” or “real” life. The truth is of course that what one calls the interruptions are precisely ...
Survival for Tired Moms
If a good night’s rest seems like a faraway dream, welcome to motherhood. The season of having little ones sometimes seem to require more of us than we have to give. Having “been there, done that” for ...
Things I Wish I’d Known
Woulda, coulda, shoulda. Regrets about what we should have done can overwhelm us. Life is an education, and all of us can look back and see things we wish we'd done differently. Moms especially can ...
The Magic of Ordinary Days: Making Memories with Your Children
This post is one of my all-time favorites from the archives, about making memories with your children. It is even more poignant to me now that both of the boys in the story have left home for college. ...
