I was out for a Saturday morning run… with six kids in tow. It looked something like this: Three of the smallest in the stroller built for two. One on …
I Could Choose
I could feel the look on my face — it was stale, icy, stiff, no smile. I could feel my mouth drooping in the corners. I knew that if I looked …
The Role of Mother Simplified
As I laid down tonight to soothe a frightened son, I was reminded how simple it all really is. He is my younger brother. I am his older sister. My …
As the Sun Sets
One day this kid will be so tall, so big and a man, that I will hardly remember what he was like when he was so little, so small and …
Service with Friends
As a homeschooling mother the summers are hard for me. I am used to having my kids all to myself until at least 3pm each day. So when the sun …
5 Minute Clean Up Time Lapse
Yesterday’s post was received so well that I wanted to share an example of our 5 minute clean up. My kids enjoyed seeing themselves and their accomplishment in this format …
5 Minute Clean Up
Want to know what cleaning up looks like at my house? Well let me paint a picture. Every hour on the hour starting at 10am an alarm goes off. A …
All that I Am
I don’t have to be more than I am. I just have to be all that I am. Sometimes my offering feels as insignificant and small as the widow’s two …
Fasting at the Temple
We had a really successful Family Home Evening lesson last night! The kids were hungry. No starving. I had a coupon for a dozen free cookies at a gourmet cookie shop in …
Ask and Ye Shall Receive
Ask and ye shall receive. I have learned from many experiences throughout my life that if I ask God for something I don’t always receive exactly what I asked for …
God’s View
We need to shift our perspective often, So that we can see from God’s view. Imagine how differently we would see our lives, How we would see others, If we …
How To Grow a Friendship
It is connection not commonalities that create the bond in a friendship. Often we walk into a room and gravitate towards people we think are like us. And then we …
Walking Was One of the Easiest Things They Did
“In our time—when so much of what we desire is so easily within our reach—it is tempting to turn aside or give up whenever the road ahead seems a little …
Live Tomorrow Like You Died Today
Live tomorrow like you died today. That would be a morbid thought if I didn’t believe that the renewal and the rebirth of the soul happens many times throughout ones …
Being Offended
The miracle of church is not in being surrounded by perfect people, or in never being offended, but in seeing those who have offended us and those who we have offended, …