Passionate Mothering: My Learning: #BecauseMotheringMatters

My Learning

Why Rearing Our Children Shouldn't Mean Forgetting Ourselves

“I know for sure that you can’t give what you don’t have. If you allow yourself to be depleted to the point where your emotional and spiritu...
Friday Take-Aways: A few of my fav things from this week (Linked-In to "7 Quick Takes" @ ConversionDiary.com)

UNO. My INSANE sense of smell during this fourth pregnancy is driving me and my hubby crazy. My snooze is so sensitive that every roo...
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...
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 ...
How To Become Free From The Lie of Needing Unending Self-Discipline To Make Change...(Part 1)

She makes her list and brings it me. My firstborn, budding daughter. The poor kid is just like me. She's taken the time...
A Kiss at Calvary on Good Friday

I have imagined it many times. Especially as a teenager, on Easter Sunday, nestled in a pew between my brothers and sister. I close...
Why pictures remind me...

Remind me dear sisters...remind me when, and if, I make it to be "old and gray", remind me of this one glorious and wonderful ...
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...
Meet the newest addition to the Dauses Crew!

Introducing our fourth child & “little flower”… Annabelle Therese Dauses January 8, 2014 7 lbs 12 oz, 20 3/4 inches long ...
What to do when you want to take on the world...

I'm a big picture girl. A dreamer. I've always been the one to get things rolling. Certain, solid foot pressed down hard on...

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

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