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Set goals instead of resolutions Do you remember your first New Year’s resolution? I won’t eat chocolate for a year. I will lose 100 lbs this year (with no effort, of course). I will exercise every day. I’ll never lose my temper. I’ll be perfect in all my attempts. I’ll be a millionaire by 25….
This question came to me via email, by someone who came across my blog. She was looking for help- My question for you, and what I find myself struggling with, is how exactly do I let God deal with it? This is what people say in the Christian community, and I’ve prayed over and over…
When I was a child, I spent my days dreaming. Imagining being a Princess. In those dreams, I envisioned the capacity to build a perfect life. A safe life (and indeed, most of it was!) But that girl came to know brokenness and stopped dreaming.
It isn’t easy being a supermom. I mean, people expect so much of you. We expect so much of ourselves. When I became a wife I wanted to do it all perfectly. My house would be clean and my husband would celebrate the day he lucked out with such a perfectly accommodating mate. Hmmm.
Freezing Rotisserie Chicken For Meal Planning Monthly meal planning is a game changer for mamas who are busy, face chronic illness, homeschooling, or even just moms who like to be prepared in advance! For ease in creating last-minute or future freezer meals, create a habit of picking up Rotisserie chickens from Costco.
Welcome, I’m Christa. If you need encouragement finding joy in your everyday, ordinary life? This is a place to find hope. I’ll help you to live on purpose, and embrace every delight and challenge of what some consider mundane in our home, faith, and family. As a perspective advocate, I’ll be your mentor as you…
Overcoming Mental Inertia It isn’t a lack of ideas that keeps me from creativity. Are you with me? Scraps on my desk, stuck in books, piles of ideas. When I sit down to write or create art, there are amazing moments where creativity blazes wildly and I can hardly maintain the necessary speed to keep…
8 tips to cope when your husband is away and you miss him Barb’s husband could not find a contract locally and was forced to work in another state for almost a year; coming home barely every 3rd weekend for 48 hours. Jeni’s husband has been working out of town, connecting with his family in person…
9 lessons about respect in marriage Lately, I can’t stop thinking of what a gift having a good marriage is. He extends his arm a little further when he sees me start to reach out, as my chronic health balance shifts without warning. If I want to lose weight but am having a “chocolate” moment,…
A slow lifestyle and the gift of availability Her hands grip the steering wheel, and she blinks back tears as she glances in the rearview mirror at her kids. Always on the run, never taking a breath, she sighs. Fatigued, overwhelmed, she keeps pressing on…thinking this is just the way it is supposed to be….