Monday Morning Blues {2}

Grab your coffee for five minutes. Here are some thoughts to help you get over your Monday Morning Blues.  I look at my to-do list. Is it bad that I have to write everything on two pages? I stare at the list and realize: “I don’t want to do any of this.” Deep within me I sigh a huge exhausted sigh. I reach for my extra large coffee mug. The flowery cup is chipped in a couple of places. I remember falling…

Monday Morning Blues {1}

Grab your coffee for five minutes. Here are some thoughts to help get over your Monday Morning Blues. Proverbs 12:25 – Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, But a good word makes it glad. A good word. How are you using your words today? Are the words you speak carefully spoken? Or, like me, do you seem to hurl those words around like they mean nothing. Our words are powerful. Not our sentences.  Not our lectures. Our words. I love you. You mean so…

5 Steps to Finding (and Keeping) Friendships

Being a mom sometimes means you give up some things.  Taking showers. Putting on real clothes. Make-up.  Some days it just doesn’t happen.  It might be 2:00 before I hop into the steamy quiet.  As mothers, we give up fitting into those jeans from college. We forgo reading a good book.  Our neat and tidy house is long gone.  One thing that should not be abandoned when you become a mother is friendships. We all know we need community. Let’s be honest….

Summer Relaxing Round-Up

Join me every Friday for our Summer Round-Up! I’ll be sharing some of my favorite summer things, from food to fun! This week is Relaxing Summer Fun! Today I want to share some great activities for the kids (or moms!) that are super easy and fun! Free Summer Printables Welcome Summer! Summer Bucket List from While I’m Waiting Fourth of July Ideas from All Kinds of Things (Great ANY time during the summer!) Water Week from Living in This Season Our…