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 about 25 years, I *get* the feeling of desperation that sometimes …
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 have a hard time with regrets. There is a time for asking forgiveness …
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. Since there are thousands more readers of This Lovely Place …
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In Oklahoma we say we’re “fixin’” to go to the store. I was raised in Kansas and “Bless your heart” meant compassion, but I recently realized that’s an insult in some places. My husband calls macaroni and cheese “cheese noodles” so my children have been raised with that. …
Munching frozen pizza while gathered around the TV….eating burritos in the backseat of the mini-van….grabbing a hot dog at the game…. All families have times when a family meal involves convenience foods and eating on the go. The thought of eating dinner around the table at home …
