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February 2014

February 21, 2014

Another Problem with Pain

Today, after writing this, I am going to go work out for the first time...

January 2014

January 24, 2014

What Children’s Stories Say About Parenting

Tired of parenting books that make you feel like a failure? Story Mama, gleans parenting...

December 2012

December 21, 2012

What Your Kids Really Want for Christmas

When my son, Ben, was four years old a friend of ours came and visited...

December 12, 2012

What Christmas is Really About

(This piece was first published in my 10yo daughter's blog. She gave me permission to...

November 2012

November 27, 2012

How Not to Miss Christmas

Last year we missed Christmas. I mean, we opened presents and drank egg nog and...

November 16, 2012

Finding Rest…Just in Time for Thanksgiving

I'm gonna be real honest with you: I'm pooped. I don't mean tired. I don't...

October 2012

October 31, 2012

What I Wish I’d Known When I Was a Young Mama

Ah, how exciting. All these years of writing and blogging and today I get to...

October 29, 2012

Parenting in that ‘Just Right’ Place

(I'm continuing my series of workbook-type posts for each story in my book...Today's is Goldilocks...

October 25, 2012

‘Bastard’ and Other Things This Mama No Longer Worries About

The offense? Stolen Buffalo/Ranch Doritos. The culprit? A brother, off on a trip with his...

October 24, 2012

Parenting Your Younger Kids: Slacking Off or Getting Wiser?

If you are raising younger kids alongside older kids you probably hear this twice a...

October 23, 2012

The Little Mama That Could

(I've been blogging my way through my new book, Humpty Dumpty Just Needed a Nap:...

October 22, 2012

Which Hundred Acre Mama Are You?

(Hi, Mamas...now that my book is out, I'm going to be doing something fun for...

October 18, 2012

How (and Why) To Create a Mama Journal

As with any non-fiction book, my new book, Humpty Dumpty Just Needed a Nap, will be much...

October 17, 2012

The Hundred Acre Cure for Mama Competition

“The things that make me different are the things that make me.” ~A.A. Milne ***...

October 16, 2012

What Children’s Stories Teach Us About Life

Some of the titles in Story Mama *** The Bible says that if we are...

September 2012

September 28, 2012

My Book is Done!!!!!

Some of the titles featured in Story Mama. *** Have you made the common mistake...

September 19, 2012

Do You Like Your Kids?

1/2 of the likables *** Just one car is parked against the curb when I...

September 07, 2012

When You’re Feeling Stuck in the Past…

"Paul tells us this life is like a race...We cannot run our race if we...

September 04, 2012

Is the Fear of Throwing Up Ruining Your Life?

I hate throwing up more than anything in the world. It's hands-down my biggest fear,...

September 03, 2012

Something To Remember

"Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children." ~William...

August 2012

August 31, 2012

Book Bytes–Bel Canto

"He had not left, he had barely started to turn away from the house...

August 28, 2012

The Mommy Blogger’s Dilemma

The author's beloved, yet all too often, ignored, family *** At a recent party, I...

August 27, 2012

Love Changes Everything

“You may be exhausted with work, you may even kill yourself, but unless your work...

August 25, 2012

Book Byte–A Year in Provence

"It is at a time like this, when crisis threatens the stomach, that the French...

August 22, 2012

When Your Soul is Parched

If you’re considering fulfilling your lifelong dream of visiting Kansas, this isn’t the month to...

August 13, 2012

Soul Drought

When it's as dry and miserable outside as it's been lately, the temptation is to...

August 10, 2012

A Rare Afternoon With Boo

He sits on the couch frog-legged, little boy feet pressed together, Harold and the Purple...

August 01, 2012

My Real Hatfield and McCoy Story

(Forgive me in advance for the length of this post. I cannot do this subject...

July 2012

July 31, 2012

The Wise Man Built His House Upon the…Sand?

When Maryalice and her husband rebuilt their house, they did it differently than before. They...

July 30, 2012

Before You Lob Your Next Theological Argument, Remember…

“Kindness has converted more people than zeal, science, or eloquence.” --Mother Teresa