St. Valentine’s Day love. What does it mean to you and your family? Of course we love our children, and we assume that our children know that we love them right? For some children though, it’s harder to accept the fact they are loved. Really, truly, forever loved. Because, after all, their first parents couldn’t […]
Marriage: 17 Ways to Improve Yours
Tomorrow, my husband and I celebrate 17 years of marriage. Â We dated for about six years before we were married, so all together we have been together for 23 years. We have grown and changed so much in those years. Mostly for the best I think! Through it all, the infertility, the adoptions, the raising […]
Creating Goals for the Family – A Printable
It’s that time of year again when we sit down as a family and set some goals for the new year.  I have written about our process several times so I won’t go into a great amount of detail this time around.  I created two printables to make goal setting easier than ever. One geared more […]
Third Sunday of Advent
The third Sunday of Advent is known as Guadete Sunday. Â Guadete means “rejoice” in Latin. Â We are rejoicing because the Lord is almost here! Â Guadete Sunday is when the pink, or rose, colored candle is lit.The church says rejoice – so we did! Â We spent the day decorating cookies and decorating our Christmas tree.I went […]
Adoption:: What Would I Do Differently?
Follow my blog with Bloglovin There are many things that I would change in the years since I became a Mom. Here are a few of the biggest “mistakes” I made. Â I hope you will take them to heart and not make the same mistakes!Learn to trust your mom instincts and surround yourself with others […]
Finding Me Time for Mom in a Large Family
{contains affiliate links} Is there even such a thing? It’s no secret that 99.9% of our day is spent giving to others, particularly when we are tending to the needs of our littlest children. Â Oh, of course, our big kids still need us, just in different ways than our littles. Life of a Mom is […]
10 Day Cross-Country Move Series Wrap-up
It’s a wrap! Â Thanks for joining me for the last two weeks as I shared our cross-country move. I hope that you found the series inspiring and a bit encouraging. Â We had many people tell us that loved the idea of just picking up and moving, but….There was always a “but”. Â I want you to […]
10 Reasons We Moved from Michigan to Florida
I realize not everyone wants to move to Florida, so this could also be entitled more broadly “following your dream”. When we said we were moving to Florida, most people responded with “it’s so hot!” Â So often in fact, Bob and I started joking with each other and saying “I don’t remember asking them to […]
Preparing Children for a Move
{post contains affiliate links} One of our biggest concerns about moving from Michigan to Florida was our children’s adjustment. Â Most specifically moving them away from family. Â For the past several years my parents have lived down the street from us. Â The older boys were pretty used to being able to hop on their bikes during […]
Mourning After the Move
I’m so grateful for my friend Patty @ Reasons for Chocolate and for her post today! She has been a big support through our move and I appreciate her insight.One of my favorite songs ever is Home, by Phillip Phillips, for so many reasons.  It is so inspirational and uplifting, encouraging and rousing.  I have danced […]
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