Back to School Shopping Tips

image via blog.500friends.com The time has come, back to school, and shopping is usually a task that has to be crossed off the list. Before you let it ruin the end of summer, CLICK HERE for 6 tips to make the process more enjoyable for everyone. p.s. Be sure you are joining us in The Living …

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"Love Them When they're Unlovable"

“Part of divine parenting is stressful day-to-day mothering. No matter how patient and loving a woman is there will be those times in every mother’s life when she has had it. President Harold B. Lee shares the experience of babysitting his grandson one night, but at a BYU football game. The little five-year-old began to be …

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Living A Beautiful Life

“Play dough is scattered all over the counter. Bikes are strewn in the driveway, hopscotch drawings and bits of colored chalk litter the yard. All are joyful evidences that you are a mother. And, you can still live an aesthetically beautiful life. Treasure the small beauties and things that are lovely, praiseworthy or of good …

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Got Summer Contention?

Summer is in full swing and the novelty of being home can start to wear off. Anyone struggling with kids who just can’t seem to get along? Stop the struggle and CLICK HERE for tips to survive your summer contention.  

Europe Rewind #1 Mom & Me Moment

Throughout that once-in-a-lifetime experience of visiting our old home roots of Great Britain, it was hard to choose the top most meaningful moment. However, I think it had to be the series of incredibly fortunate events that led to us finding a Scottish grave. This was a loving pursuit on several levels–her grandparents were more …

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#3 The Miracle of Paisley

As I do a pictorial and written rewind of my Mom & Me Europe Adventure, I have to spend a little more time on this one because of the amazing series of tender mercies we experienced. After seeing Glasgow—my mother’s old “home” land—we spent the next and only day on the schedule going to Paisley …

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