Merry Christmas!

I just wanted to take this time to wish anyone who reads my blog Merry Christmas!  We are having a wonderful time visiting with family and catching up.  This morning I woke up to the sound of nonstop sirens for about 15 minutes as police, fire trucks and ambulences flew by the house. I woke up thinking that even on Christmas morning, life is unexpected.  I know there are many...

What Six Looks Like – Link to Article

For those of you moms who have or have had a 6 year old, this article is devastatingly accurate. Devastating because it's so true and such a reminder of what the families of Newtown have lost in their lives. I only share it as a reminder to all of us to pray for these families, and in particular these moms who suddenly find their arms empty and who probably never be able to look at a box of...

Where is God?

As I sit here this morning, my heart is just breaking for the families who have been torn apart by the horrific slaughter of their precious children this past Friday. All those empty beds.  All those unopened presents.  What an unspeakably hard Christmas this will be.  And long past Christmas, perhaps forever, these families will be devastated. It just makes me weep. Emotions are...

Facebook Fellowship

One of the reasons that I like Facebook is the connection that it gives me not only with my own peers, but others of various age groups.  One of the things I have been enjoying immensely is the relationships that I have with the teens – Rachel and Ben's friends. The thing about Facebook is that we should be as real on FB as we are in real life.  Meaning that we should not...

Hi again!

Well, the only excuse I will offer for not posting is that all that October posting must have taken a lot out of me!  lol  Actually, I am very publicly showcasing the fact that I struggle with consistency.  I often have a hard time balancing my responsibilities and activities that I'm involved in. But thankfully I will say that I have more often chosen actually being with my...

Sexting: Your teens know what this is, do you?

I know that some of you have seen my post on this already, but I thought I would add it here as this is technically a "mommy blog" and this is an important thing for mommies everywhere to know about. I am concerned for our young girls especially and the video you see in the post was really well done and showed how a girl could possibly be easily manipulated into participating in...