BLOG POSTS

Six Things to Try When Your Toddler Stops Sleeping

by Molly | October 29, 2019 | Family | 0 Comments

So your toddler who has slept through the night for more than a year is now waking up at three every morning. You are exhausted. The whole family is walking zombies. What happened? You thought you had succeeded at one parenting goal: sleeping through the night, check....

You’ve Got This Mom!

by Molly | October 18, 2019 | Family | 0 Comments

Do you question your every decision Mom? Do you feel almost paralyzed to make even the most basic choices for your children for fear of making the wrong one? I want to encourage you today to STOP IT! You are their mother. God blessed you with your child and you can...

Do The Next Thing

by Molly | October 17, 2019 | Family | 0 Comments

When I was a young mother isolated and overwhelmed on a farm in the western plains of Kansas, I remember being blessed by the voice of Elisabeth Elliot and her admonition to "do the next thing". It sounds so simple, and certainly she isn't the only one who has said it...

Why You Need A Mom Uniform

by Molly | October 16, 2019 | Family | 0 Comments

Oh, you don't have a mom uniform? I bet you do. Think about it. If you are working from home full time either as a mother, or a mother with an office at home, you probably have a uniform. Actually, if you are working outside the home you have one too. Think about it...

The Changing Seasons of Parenting

by Molly | October 15, 2019 | Family | 0 Comments

I love the seasons. The green bursting forth in the spring. The warmth of summer sun with everything in full bloom and the lake or pool looking so inviting. The kaleidoscope of green, orange, red and brown of Autumn accompanied by the crisp of the air. The cold, short...

What Will You Do With the Time That’s Left? Part 2 In a Series

by Molly | Sep 21, 2016 | Faith, Family

I sometimes wake up thinking of this phrase, "What Will You Do With the Time That's Left?" A while back I had a dream. I had a brain tumor. The tumor was the worst possible kind, in the worst possible location. I was given 24-48 hours to live. I am hurriedly...

Why I Have Already Written My Eulogy, Part 1 In a Series

by Molly | Sep 9, 2016 | Faith, Family

Last week I discussed the importance of learning to say no as mothers (and fathers). I promised I would tell you why I have already written my eulogy and here is the short answer: I want to live like I want to be remembered. At the end of July my sweet hubby and I...

Tired Mamas

by Molly | Sep 3, 2016 | Faith, Family

Hi! This is "Senior Mom". Project Grad co-chair resigned and they need help with the Christmas open house. I am helping to organize. We are in desperate need of homes for the tour. Would you be willing to put your house on the Christmas tour? Thanks, "Senior...

“All the Pretty Things”

by Molly | Aug 22, 2016 | Faith, Family, Fostering

I recently finished Edie Wadsworth's new book "All the Pretty Things" as a part of her launch team. While I had hoped to be feeding you snippets along the way via social media to entice you to be ready to order this book, it turns out that Amazon released it early...

Fishing and Watermelon

by Molly | Aug 2, 2016 | Family

Well, you gotta love the carefree days of summer where the schedule seems to go out the window. As a mother though, I have always enjoyed the change in routine that the summer provides and then, of course, sometime in August, I begin craving a set schedule and a...

There is Hope for Haiti

by Molly | Jul 19, 2016 | Faith

I have been trying to write this post for over a week. I have found it much harder to sum up my experience in Haiti in mere words. Any words that I try to use to help you understand what I saw and felt and smelled and heard will be inadequate. Haiti is a dichotomy...

Road Tripping…Part 2

by Molly | Jul 1, 2016 | Faith, Family

So sometimes life gets in the way and you just cannot do everything. Such has been the case this last two weeks. I am sure you all have been busy too but I wanted to get this out as a follow-up to my last post, "Road Tripping" before this weekend, the busiest car...

Road tripping

by Molly | Jun 13, 2016 | Family, Fostering

I grew up taking long road trips. It was pre-seatbelt laws so I was all over the backseat. It was pre-video days so we played all sorts of travel games. It was pre-cell phone days so we had to pre plan it all and stick to it, or miss a reservation or be late to a...

Faith in the Future

by Molly | Jun 6, 2016 | Faith, Fostering

Do you ever wake up in the middle of the night and think of something you want to write down but you hesitate to get up and do it? You think, "no I should lay quiet and not turn on lights and maybe I will go back to sleep." "I can write this in the morning, I really...

Happy Memorial Day

by Molly | May 30, 2016 | Faith, Family, Fostering

On this Memorial Day, I know most of you will not be reading a blog post so I am going to keep it short. I first just want to remind you that while this is a great time to relax and connect with family and friends or maybe tackle a household chore, we could not enjoy...

That dirty word…clutter!

by Molly | May 23, 2016 | Family

We have a mess in the house right now. For less than a month, we have seven people living in the house. Our daughter Natalie and her new husband, Reid have joined us while they wait for their new apartment to be finished. It really has been a blessing having them...

“Once I was seven years old”

by Molly | May 16, 2016 | Faith, Family, Fostering

A few weeks ago my daughter Natalie told me she had a blog post idea. Once she told me what it was, I asked her to write it for me as I felt it would have more impact in her voice. So here it is. Thanks Natalie. At the age of seven, my childhood best friend, Brady...

How Does a Mom “Get Away” without Getting Away?

by Molly | May 10, 2016 | Family, Fostering

A few weekends ago my hero husband took six children on a Father/Child Fishing Day at our friend's ranch. There were many other dads and kids there that day from our church, and my husband ended up with six because he took our three teenagers, one son's girlfriend,...

Mothers Who Raise Children from Another Mother

by Molly | May 2, 2016 | Faith, Family, Fostering

If you knew then what you know now, would you still have done it? A church friend posed this to me about a year ago. She was referring to our experience in taking in two homeless boys in the summer of 2013. I cannot recall now what was going on at the time with...

College Dreams and other Fallacies

by Molly | Apr 25, 2016 | Family, Fostering

We have a mess in this country. Actually, we have several messes but the one I want to talk about today is the distorted view we have of higher education. As a country we have perpetuated the idea through our comments, our expectations, our posts, and our media that...

Rainy Days and Mondays

by Molly | Apr 18, 2016 | Family

It is raining here in Houston. A bunch. As in all over Houston. Since the city is built on a series of bayous, they are all flooding and so unless your job is a matter of life or death for others, you are home today, or should be. This means some moms (and dads)...

Spinning Plates

by Molly | Apr 12, 2016 | Family

One year at Christmas my parents gave my brother's family and mine one of the greatest gifts ever. They told us that they were going to spend some of our inheritance while we they were still alive and were taking us all to Branson for a family vacation. This one...

Complaining and Murmuring

by Molly | Sep 1, 2015 | Faith

Last week I had the privilege of sharing a Bible lesson on "Throwing off the Shackles of Complaining and Murmuring." It is something I have been thinking about all summer since I first was asked to deliver the lesson. I quickly told them I had committed the sin of...

Go, Set A Watchman

by Molly | Aug 20, 2015 | Faith, Family, Uncategorized

(This post is really late due to some technical difficulties. It was actually written August 11.) I finished "Go, Set A Watchman", the latest publication of Harper Lee, over a week ago. I could have finished the week it came out, but I made myself not absorb it too...

The Dog Days of Summer

by Molly | Aug 3, 2015 | Faith, Family

I love summer, don't get me wrong, I always have. Today I am tired though. Not so tired of summer, but tired from the exhaustion that comes with having no set schedule; namely no set bedtime. I am also exhausted from the heat. It is isn't a huge deal but when you...

« Older Entries

Next Entries »