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The Friends and Foes of Motherhood

July 15, 2011

Motherhood isn’t easy.  There are many ways to describe motherhood - joyful, challenging, unique, consuming, wonderful, exhausting, humbling, rewarding - but easy isn’t one of them.
As mothers, our greatest privileges and our greatest joys in life also happen to be some of our greatest challenges.
There are things we can do to [...]

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Encouragement for Mamas of Strong Willed Children

June 7, 2011

By Emily McClements, Contributing Writer
The other morning I was snuggling with my three year old daughter on the couch right after she had woken up.  I love those times of the morning, where my kids are bleary eyed and will actually sit with me for extended minutes while I kiss their heads, [...]

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Steady Days: Book Review and Giveaway

January 25, 2010
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"I am not a perfect mother. Often I struggle with impatience; sometimes I lack the enthusiasm I long for. I make many mistakes, just like my children. As they are maturing as children, I am maturing as a mother... We need to equip ourselves with practical tools that allow us to give our personal best [...]

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Carrying Burdens That Don’t Belong to Us

November 18, 2009
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Are you feeling overwhelmed? Is it possible that those burdens you're carrying were never yours to carry in the first place?
When we get off course, God is so faithful to intervene and use any number of ways to gently guide us back to where we ought to be. In my case, He most [...]

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