Flipping back through my journal, an entry from a few months ago jumped out at me. I needed the reminder, so here it is in a blog post for my own reference. It was one of those “ah-ha” moments for me, so I figured you could benefit, too. We spend too much time thinking about and talking…
If there’s one reason I’ve been able to do all the things I’ve done–like lose 100 pounds, homeschool for 28 years, blog, run a household with a (very) large family–it’s because I’ve been persistent, rather than perfect. Perfection is overrated. It causes stress and discouragement for many of us, and it can be a form…
We have literally thousands of thoughts about the future every day. We mull over our shopping list and think about taking the kids to the dentist next week. We plan meetings and vacations. We schedule an appointment with the plumber and make lists for an upcoming event. There’s nothing wrong with thinking about the future….
If you’ve been around kids for very long, you know that the Blame Game gets played often. “It’s not my fault!” “It wasn’t me, it was him!” Or “I couldn’t, because (fill in the blank).” Wait a minute, that sounds like some Moms I know…and I’m one of them. Avoiding responsibility for a situation comes…
We have literally thousands of thoughts about the future every day. “Hmm, what do we need at the store?” “The girls have a dental appointment next week.” “What’s for supper tonight?” Thinking about the future is normal, natural and unavoidable! We make projections into the future with our goals, hopes and plans. There’s nothing wrong…
Come on, admit it. You have some secret dreams and things you’ve always wanted to do that are lurking in the back of your mind. Life came along and many of those dreams got filed away, but sometimes you still take them out and wistfully look at them, like old jewelry in a drawer. But…