Did you know I'm also a wine connoisseur? I make pour decisions over at the Unpolished Grape.
The Christmas season is in full force! Everywhere I look I see red velvet bows, decorative houses bright with lights, the classic Salvation Army rep spreading cheer and ringing bells at our local grocer entrance, and one of my favorites, the Holiday seasonal drinks from Starbucks!
And then the world changed forever. It was May 9th, 2011, an evening that was filled with anticipation and jittery excitement. My sister was on her way to the hospital to have my nephew Isiah!!! She told me that the doctor sent her to the hospital to maybe get induced, but that if not she would…
When our children are newborn all the way up to toddler years, they really have no control over how much we kiss them. So I personally take FULL unapologetic advantage of this. I remember one day when one of these kids (can’t remember which) was maybe 5/6 months, I tried to actually keep a tally…
10 Reasons You Know You’re a Boy Mom I grew up in a blended family, according to what’s politically correct. My mom and dad both had children from previous relationships before they married, and then had three children together. In our immediate household, there were my two older sisters, me in the middle, and then…
The church I attend has a Mom2Mom class and we’ve studied numerous books by the highly proclaimed childhood behavior expert, Dr. Kevin Leman. It was during one of these studies that I heard, for the first time, that we should NOT praise our children with the typical “yay, good job!” Instead, we were told to encourage them.
First off let me say that motherhood is the biggest honor and gift. I remember when I was expecting my first son, a good friend described my impending birth experience as an opportunity to assist God in a miracle. And boy was that statement accurate. I’m going to tell you how growing and delivering babies made…