Cultivate Creativity – turn the TV off

Cultivate Creativity – turn the TV off

The average American watches more than 4 hours of TV each day, according to the A.C. Nielsen Co. In a 65-year life, that person will have spent 9 years glued to the tube.So what happens when this “mean mom” says, “No” to TV during the...
Find your spontaneous place…

Find your spontaneous place…

With the ins and outs of the daily grind, do you ever set aside time to be spontaneous?Seriously, as much as I am passionate about living life to its fullest, getting older has its drawbacks. I’ve lost some of that spontaneous spirit that I used to thrive on,...
How to organize kids’ chores and routines?

How to organize kids’ chores and routines?

  Is listening to me share about my large family and our organization even interesting? How could Jen really want me to share about this on her blog. Then I remembered that families of 8 land big Cable Reality Shows and get to take fantastic vacations with their...
A Sunday Moment

A Sunday Moment

A child-like gift of love…We’ve all received them…A precious fist full of ‘nothing,’ yet given with grandeur. Unbelievably, His great love showered me in the midst of the unexpected.Revealing Himself through a fist full of nothing,this...
Brotherly Love…

Brotherly Love…

There’s nothing that blesses my mommy heart more than when my sons lavish gestures of love and compassion on each other.Giving unselfishly, building the “others first” mentality, turning the other cheek – ah yes, I just adore when all those...
Just in case you thought …Yellow Lab Puppies

Just in case you thought …Yellow Lab Puppies

we needed to liven things up around our homestead, we’ve added some blessed additions. Six to be exact. And they are as precious as can be. They haven’t opened their eyes yet, but we can’t wait for that next step. They are yellow labs – three...