HomeReading Time: 2 minutesBirds are singing, flowers are blooming and spring is almost here. I’m excited about taking my two girls on trips to the park, walks in their double stroller and shopping – consignment shopping that is! I began this column to chronicle my journey of bettering myself as a mom this year. But there’s one thing […]
Motherhood & FamilyConfessions of a Cloth Diaper Convert
Reading Time: 3 minutesI must confess that after looking into cloth diapers I am a cloth diaper convert. If someone had told me four months ago that I’d be using cloth diapers on my infant and toddler, I would’ve laughed and called them crazy. About a month after my baby was born, I started thinking about the possibility […]
Starting an action plan takes paper, ink and introspection
Reading Time: 2 minutesTwo weeks ago, I wrote about meeting Heather Allen, a family coach through Family Manager. A coach helps busy moms conquer clutter, get organized and achieve goals in their homes. With two small children, I often wonder if there will ever be a day when it does NOT look like a tornado has swept the […]
Frazzled Moms May Just Need a Family Manager Coach
Reading Time: 3 minutesLast week, I met with a certified family manager coach. Now just what is a family coach? And why do I need one? A family coach helps busy moms conquer clutter, get organized and achieve goals for their homes. The day mine came for my in-home assessment couldn’t have been more chaotic. Image by greg […]
Serving Orphans and Widows–Simultaneously
Reading Time: 2 minutesImage by atl10trader It only took two weeks into hosting a Latvian orphan through New Horizons for Children this summer for Kirk and Beth Bleavins to know they wanted to become her forever family. They fell in love with 14-year-old Vanda’s laugh. And it was heart wrenching to send her back to a place where […]
Ministering to Those at the End of Life’s Race
Reading Time: 3 minutesTo Cheryl Pletcher, life is a race. And in her line of work, people happen to be at the finish line. “If people have lived a good life, we want them to have a good end,” said Pletcher, the executive director of the Carolina Comfort Coalition, a non-profit organization which provides round-the-clock care for terminally […]
The Humbled Homemaker
Reading Time: 2 minutesI’m a 30-year-old stay-at-home wife and mother and freelance writer who’s hopelessly flawed on my own but redeemed by my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I’m a work in progress: the same God who created me in my mother’s womb is still weaving and spinning to make me who He wants me to be. I’m […]
