A surprisingly satisfying Saturday…and then I realized why. After a busy week, I had planned to use Saturday to catch up. When my kids are gone, I use that time to prepare for what’s ahead, and this month that includes podcasts, programs, and speaking five times. Before diving in, I had scheduled in the morning …
Let’s talk about love 😉. I LOVE reading in the scriptures about families and how they learn to love. In the story of Lehi and Sariah’s family, we see them deal with difficult life challenges–people rejecting his work, moving, difficult children, financial and food worries, marriages and new DIL, bearing children later in life, becoming …
Today, I experienced an important mom success. And a life lesson. I put together my son’s early Valentine’s Day gift (early because when he came home it was apparently sitting right on the doorstep without a concealing cardboard box around it.) And what I thought would be a great idea–a mini foosball table to enjoy …
Thank you for sharing your words! They stay with me and add to my backpack of nourishing thoughts to boost me through my week.😘 Last week my word(s) were SAVOR and JOY because they just seemed to go together. I should have also added PUSHBACK because that seemed to tag along too! (More about that …
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I wasn’t going to post this but it keeps coming back so I will. I want to talk about…brokenness and wholeness. For the holidays, I had been on an informal search for the perfect nativity snow globe. A few weeks into the season my kids and I found the perfect one–reverent, white, and beautiful. Then …
(Want to join me on Sundays for an experiment? Listen to this podcast or read to the end of this blog post.) I’ve wanted to do a specific something for women for awhile–felt it… avoided it…discounted it…then felt it come back around. It’s the power of words in our lives. And what that looks and …
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A few days ago my son and I had a “moment”–of awareness, and success, and quiet celebration. My little guy and I were hanging and talking when suddenly he told me about something that happened at school. He had brought his favorite football then put it down for a moment in what he thought was …
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Sooo…it’s now that beautiful time of year when we see the holidays are here and feel…STRESSED. But not this year. This year, you’ve got my easy, peasy Holiday Plan that makes the Big Three (Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s) a breeze!The first step is TODAY to lay the groundwork–mindset and expectation…Check out this Studio 5 SEGMENT …
So I’m reviewing with my girls their Life Skills—for cooking it’s 10 simple recipes they can actually make on their own when they have flown the coop. I call them Down & Dirty EZ recipes. 😉 Today’s EZ Recipe comes from Ann Romney’s cookbook. Run, don’t walk, to get the cookbook. Every recipe I’ve used …
