This is cute. Enjoy! Answers given by 2nd grade school children to the following questions: Why did God make mothers? 1. She’s the only one who knows where the scotch tape is.2. Mostly to clean the house.3. To help us out of there when we were getting born. How did God make mothers? 1. He …
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I believe as moms, we are given the opportunity to REALLY live life! This poem is a wonderful confirmation! The adventure of life is to learn. The purpose of life is to grow. The nature of life is to change. The challenge of life is to overcome. The essence of life is to care. The …
When it comes to beauty, I am beyond clueless. Some people laugh in my face when I say “I’m not that girly”; I guess I am, but not in the made-up, dolled-up sense of the word. Naturally, to write this post, I required serious help, so I went to one of my favorite beauty consultants, and …
A few days ago, I launched my new YouTube channel with a video inspired by the post “A Mother’s Influence.” As a result, someone approached me and said to me: “You are really OBSESSED with this mom thing.” These lines are attributed to Victor Hugo: “She broke the bread into two fragments and gave them …
I’m always speaking about magnifying our calling of motherhood. In doing so, I may at times neglect the fundamental and urgent role of fathers in our family, the main rock of any society. While it’s true that fatherlessness is common – and even hip – in our times, it has been called “The Central Social Problem …
Right before Christmastime, my girls were learning about Jane Goodall and talking about their love for animals.Elyssa, my youngest, kept asking questions about where meat, eggs and milk came from. My honest yet careful answers still disturbed her. Many say “I don’t eat anything with a face”; at that moment, my daughter’s vowed to ” never …
I once believed conflict to be an evil that must be avoided at all costs. Some of my misconceptions may be familiar to you: Conflict is bad because it means we are fighting. If you disagree with me or can’t see my point, you don’t “like” me. If we are not understanding each other, why …
– “Earth Day is Every Day,” said my daughter Elyssa recently. I fully agree, yet I still support having a “one-day celebration”. Like with any holiday (Thanksgiving for gratitude, Christmas for giving, Mother’s and Father’s Day for family, etc.), while it’s fun to celebrate and get on the trend-train, the real purpose is to carry …
When Elisha and Elyssa were 1 and 2, I unexpectedly became a single mother. I was forced to start looking for work outside the home and, therefore, place the girls in a child care facility in Naples. We were new in town, with zero relatives, and only one friend (who didn’t have children). It was …
Amy Chua, a prestigious Yale Professor of Law and best-selling author had a dream and a goal: to raise her two daughters, Sophia and Louisa (Lulu), to be successful music prodigies. In the process, she would also prove the intense, strict, achievement-oriented “Chinese Parenting” model to be rather superior to the “Western Parenting” model, which she addressed …