Not Peace at Any Price
Now, all of this may sound nice and like we are just letting people walk all over us… With the erosion of society, and our moral values as a result. This is false though, let …
Becoming Peacemakers
In our last general conference President Nelson spoke of overcoming the natural mans tendency to be contentious and asked us to become peacemakers. As I’ve pondered this, I’ve discovered it’s really easy to read the …
Decide to Belong
In a world that says, “Just accept me for who I am and don’t expect me to change. Deal with it. You do you, and I’ll do me. And don’t judge me.” The Lord’s message …
Habits and Resistance
We are creatures of HABIT! Habit’s make it easy to go through life each day without taking too much brain power. And it preserves our energy! So we can accomplish more and respond to situations …
Choose Your Perspective, Choose Your Mood
My youngest son woke up with a bloody nose. As he raced to the bathroom he said, “Really, not again!” completely annoyed! We got him all fixed up and snuggled for a bit (I love …
Relationships are Tricky
I have two children who are quite opposite personalities and energies of each other. My daughter is a Type 1 and my son is Type 4 (in Carol Tuttle’s type talk). For those of you …
Learning to Discipline with Love
Dealing with a defiant or difficult child is challenging. When my daughter was a toddler I struggled daily, often even moment to moment, to raise her. This little girl pushed every button I had and …
Why am I such a Mean Mom?
This picture showed up on my doorstep today (with some other packages). It must have come from where my brother works, back when we were testing different printers (10 years ago). Perhaps they were dejunking …