Passionate Mothering: My Learning: #BecauseMotheringMatters

My Learning

Day 4 Sitting Down to Eat...

"Many finicky eaters are created, not born. As a parent, evaluate your own relationship to food. Are you overly concerned with nutritio...
A(nother) note to myself...Never. Ever. Will. I. Do. This. Again.

Dear Self, 1. Please NEVER, ever drive your kids to school dressed only in your PJ's. It's simply a bad idea. One you will reg...
The difference of one degree only a sister would notice...

It's woken me up two nights in a row. It's woken her up too. The question of what to do this fall with the oldest three. Which, if a...
At First Light: Day 25 The Muck of Indecision

I waver and wonder and worry. I go back and forth. I change my mind. And then change it again after I hear someone give their opinion on...
When your kid(s) need you - and you have other things you (really) want to do....

I'm writing this today...because I need to read THIS today. I was looking forward to this morning, Monday morning, all weekend ...
At First Light: Day 19 Thursday's Holy Call

Today is Holy. Holy Thursday . As a convert to the Catholic Church I wanted to be certain about what that means. My digging has left me ...
At First Light Days 20 & 21: A Kiss At Calvary

I have imagined it many times. Especially as a teenager, on Easter Sunday, nestled in a pew between my brothers and sister. I close my eyes ...
The Gift of Lingering In His Light....

I knew in my gut that this was not going to go well. The baby didn't nap, my husband and I were wiped from a long weekend of partie...
Why You Need To Stop Christmas Shopping Right Now...And Read This First.

So before you label me a grinch...hear this Mama out. This Christmas? Your kids and my kids? They simply do NOT need any more ...
Storm. Sand. And unlimited Sammy Sosa's...

Our flight was canceled. The one we were supposed to take ALONE on Sunday, out of the country to our tropical get-away. We resc...

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

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