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St. Patrick’s Day is All About Forgiveness
St. Patrick's Day, beyond the largest party in Savanna, fountain waters dyed emerald, the wearing of the green, shamrocks, and Guinness merchandise, is a timeless tale about forgiveness in the real life of St. Patrick. Patrick was a wild youth growing up in England...
Even A Hurricane Couldn’t Topple The Old Snag’s Family Legacy
"If you’re smart," Chad confided as he stood with my husband apart from the rest of the family, "you'll cut down that old snag before your wife gets attached to it." My husband regarded the tree. "Speaking from experience?" Chad nodded. "By the time I got around...
Fresh Ways With Valentine’s Day
On Valentine's Day, and every day, what are fresh ways to demonstrate appreciation and affection for others? More than a feeling, love is an action. First, fill your own emotional tank so you can give from a place of abundance. Watch an emotionally impactful film...
A Beginner’s Guide To Getting Healthy
Feel like a novice when it comes to getting healthy? Then this beginner's guide is for you. Under crushing responsibility, it’s tempting for the single mom to put our health on hold. After all, we’re strong and have family to care for, career demands, household...
What You Won’t Do Is More Important Than What You Will
Are you clear about what you won’t do? After all, what you won’t do may be more important to your best life than what you will do. The story goes that the British Rowing Team’s performance was not producing wins. Something had to change, so the team adopted a practice...
There’s A Baby in the Barn
The story, There's a Baby in the Barn, began with a pregnant mare who came to live at our home. Pieces of my life often find their way into stories or become the inspiration for writing. Participating each year in the annual church Christmas pageant gave me the...
Change Your Life And The Lives Of Others
Giving changes lives, both yours and the lives of others. Giving changes lives because the act is a blend of generosity and gratitude. Focused on abundance, the giver is not inhibited by scarcity mentality. Grateful what is and what can be, the giver holds life and...
Sneak Peak: Homeless for the Holidays
"Gladdening and humorous assurance that the best things in life have nothing to do with things." ~ Richard Paul Evans, number one New York Times best-selling author of 43 books including The Christmas Box Homeless for the Holidays is a delightful read...
Is There Hope and Healing for Single Moms?
What do single moms need most? From my personal experience as the solo mom of seven, hope and healing for single moms is a common desire. In answer to this need, the popular and ever-expanding YouVersion Bible app features a faith-based devotional for solo moms titled...
Are You Related to the Most Influential Pilgrim?
Are you related to Pilgrim John Howland? Of all the pilgrims, John Howland may have been the most influential. He certainly had one of the greatest impacts on American history. As one of the early settlers, Howland exemplifies that America is a nation of opportunity....
Are You A Mompreneur?
Do you have what is necessary to be a mompreneur? Entrepreneurs and mompreneurs can build a business in a variety of ways from owning a franchise, to becoming a company representative or affiliate to a product line. You can sell service or goods through a virtual or...
Master Your To-Do List
Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho: Does the to-do list ever end? Is it possible to master the never ending to-do list? I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. That makes it hard to plan the day. –E.B. White Have you...
Leading Your Family As A Single Mom On Focus On The Family With PeggySue Wells And Pam Farrel. Part 2
Looking back at one of the most meaningful conversations around the topic of single-mom families and The Ten Best Decisions A Single Mom Can Make, I had no idea our two-day interview with Focus on the Family would be one of the most listened to of 2024. Find Part 1 of...
Oil Paint and Relationship Glue
Relationship glue is crafted in the art studio of life. “What did she use this time?” The kind man who cleans my white carpets squats down to inspect the splashed rainbow of glue and paint. “Acrylic and oils.” I show him the finished masterpiece displayed on the easel...
Self-Care for Moms
What does self-care for moms look like? Rearing our children is every parent’s most important job. To do that well, we need to take care of ourselves physically, emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually. As a burnt-out mom, you can’t care for your kids to the best...
Did You Lose Your Faith In The Break-Up
Your faith, did you lose it? When your happily ever after didn’t turn out as you imagined, when 2020 turned the world upside down, people want to know who they can count on. Is there a God and does he see me? Can I trust him? Is he worthy of my faith? These are...