Last week I shared What Wives Wished Their Husband’s Knew and it was refreshing to have women open up about their needs. I love when you share your hearts with me! {View that post here}. Ladies, now it’s your turn to find out what your husband needs from YOU! That’s right. Today’s post is…
It was the end of a long day. Through toddler tantrums, potty training, and a bowl full of dinner thrown on the floor, and Hubs and I both had tempers that were shorter than usual. We fumbled through bath time with feelings of irritability brewing, and had just managed to wrestle a streaking Bubs…
Some days being a woman closely resembles a juggling act at the circus. We juggle chores, responsibilities, spouses, children, and jobs, all while trying to look graceful and cheerful. The world tells us to grin and bear our rushed lives with grace and charm. If we would just get up earlier and have a better…
There are seasons in every mom’s journey through motherhood that are filled with frustration, tears, and those weary days that threaten to crush our spirits. Sometimes it’s a child’s behavior and we struggle to manage our out-of-control offspring. Sometimes it’s learning a child is struggling in school and wondering about the future. Sometimes it’s the…
There’s a misconception flitting around the motherhood community. Hide your flaws, be perfect, act like it you can do it all; lest another judge and scorn you from her high horse. Well, the perfection expectation ends here. I, for one, am a lover of reality. I embrace every aspect of motherhood, including those moments where…
As a new mom, I had dreams of feeding my children only the healthiest, most nutritious foods. I imagined that they would grow up with a palate that didn’t crave junk, but only wanted the best for their growing bodies. Looking back I almost laugh out loud at that thought, as my children often beg…
My mind is reeling that February is here already and January is just a distant memory. Yet my dry, chapped hands and lips long for spring and the sign of new life. Personally, I am ready for winter to be over and yet we’re still over a month away from the first day of spring….
The winds of change have been brewing, and you see the ominous storm clouds circling ahead. You can feel it in your spirit that something big is going to happen, and for the first time, you believe it’s possible to change your ways. You don’t just yearn for change, you are desperate for it; believing…
There I was in the bathroom of a local restaurant when they came in. You know, those ladies. The ones that have a lifetime of being beautiful, thin, popular, and just exude confidence from their perfect pores. Just their presence made me more aware of my shortcomings and my thrift store clothes, which I was…
I first heard the phrase, “serving your spouse” as a newly engaged young woman, ready to plan our wedding and start my life with the man of my dreams. “Serve my husband?”, I thought. Of COURSE I would lovingly serve him everyday for the rest of my life. He’s my soul mate and there is…
Growing up in the blustery winters of Wisconsin, I was surrounded by a large, boisterous family and our gatherings centered around laughter, love and food. Lots of food. At every holiday there were tables of decadent desserts and rich, buttery entrees, all which called my name. At a young age I gorged myself on delicious dishes,…