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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...

Four Simple Ways to Save Money When You Are Living on One Income

by Molly | Jul 27, 2015 | Family

Having been a Stay at Home Mom for a long time I know there are two big challenges to this choice. One, for many, is living on one income. The other is putting your career on hold. I will address the latter one on a later post but today in the dog days of summer...

Retreat or Advance?

by Molly | Jul 20, 2015 | Faith, Fostering

I know I have not posted for a while and shame on me. I took time off to help my parents (see Meat in the Sandwich) and then I went on vacation with my hubby and two of my sons. At the end of that week, while they trekked to the top of Mt. Antero, I retreated to a...

How “To Kill A Mockingbird” Changed My Life

by Molly | Jun 17, 2015 | Family, Fostering

I am anxiously awaiting the release of Harper Lee's "other book" (virtually a mystery itself...read here) , "Go Set, A Watchman" (pre-order here) on July 14. My daughter, Natalie, has been sending me reminders for some time in an effort to make sure I pre-order a...

The Meat in the Sandwich

by Molly | Jun 8, 2015 | Faith, Family

I am in that generation. You know the "Sandwich" one, where I am trying to help my parents while still caring for children at home. I am blessed that my children are all in high school now, but they still need guidance and care. My three guys are busy guys and...

Decoration Day

by Molly | May 25, 2015 | Faith

When I was growing up, Memorial weekend usually involved a trip out to the cemetery to mark the occasion of "Decoration Day" with the decorating of family members' graves. My Granny was the one who insisted we try and keep this observation. She was a family...

Heredity or Environment?

by Molly | May 18, 2015 | Fostering

"I have looked at our pics and it is clear we r related." This text message from Celia reminded me of the first time I contacted her sister, my birth mom. I wrote her telling her about myself, my view on adoption, (via a newspaper clipping I had written at 17) and a...

A Mother In Law As God Intended

by Molly | May 10, 2015 | Faith, Family

I promised in a recent post My Neighborhood Chore Stalker that I would elaborate on my amazing mother-in-law. Today would have been her 82nd birthday. We gave her back to God last August 2nd. It was hard to let her go, but in some ways we had been letting her go...

The last of the field trips…

by Molly | Apr 29, 2015 | Faith

When you raise four children and throw in two more, you inevitably have many opportunities to participate in a variety of field trips. For a period of time our original four were enrolled in two different Christian schools where there were many more field trips and...

My Neighborhood Chore Stalker

by Molly | Apr 22, 2015 | Family, Fostering

My neighbor was stalking me. I was walking back from our communal mailbox and I thought she was just positioning her Suburban to pick up her mail, but instead she was slowly following right behind me and I was oblivious, flipping thru the stack of mail in my hands...

90 Days and Beyond…

by Molly | Apr 14, 2015 | Food

Ninety days ago, actually 92 days ago I began a journey. One in which I had contemplated numerous times over the past 15 years. I am talking about ninety days of yeast free living. No; not the yeast as in bread; although I gave that up too. This diet is aimed at...

Welcome to my blog!

by Molly | Apr 5, 2015 | Faith, Family, Food, Fostering

Okay, so here I go. I am officially entering the blogging world. I am jumping in, feet first. Like the way I prefer to get in the cool water of the swimming pool. Just get in and feel the initial shock and then tread or swim quickly to warm up and then bask in the...

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