What doesn’t get talked about much are the ways that single parenting is absolutely amazing. Which is a shame, because even though it’s hard, I know I have had some very special experiences that were only possible because I’m a single parent.
Posts in the "Finding More Joy" category:
Shaping Our Stories
We tell ourselves stories about our lives and our children, but we can and need to tell ourselves the best part of our stories.
How to Add a “Spoonful of Sugar” to Get Daily Tasks Done
With a little imagination and creativity, mundane daily tasks can be transformed into fun memories. When you add a spoonful of sugar, it really does help the medicine go down. When you find the fun, “Snap! The job’s a game!”
Minutes and Moments
This article was originally posted on November 4, 2014. I was really struggling when my twins were a couple months old. I hadn’t slept well in months, at least one baby was either nursing or crying around the clock, and my two-year-old was having a hard time adjusting to her new role as […]
Consider the Winter Solstice
To celebrate the longest night of the year—the day when the solar year bottoms out and starts to climb back up again—we go outside and light a fire. We stand around it, stamp our feet a little to chase away the cold, and something magical happens.
Two Words that Change Everything
What our children need—what they will always need—is our faith, not our fears. I suspect that worry, however hard we try to conceal it, is shared with them in some sort of tight knot they carry around.
My Top Five Life Lessons from Motherhood: What I Probably Wouldn’t Have Learned Any Other Way
Motherhood has shown me what I don’t know over and over again. But along the way, I’ve also learned a few lessons that spill over onto the rest of my life—lessons I suspect only motherhood could have taught me.
Loving the View: How Perspective Changes Everything
There are days that I am endlessly running, and it helps to consider the view from above. It doesn’t eliminate what needs to be done, but it helps me to remember that my actions do matter.
Disrupt Yourself – Episode 133
In this episode, author of “Disrupt Yourself,” Whitney Johnson, offers powerful ideas for how you can heighten your effectiveness and enjoyment as a mom as you Take the Right Risks, Play to your Distinctive Strengths, Embrace Constraints, and Step Down, Back or Sideways to Grow.
Spiritual Sundays: If You’re Struggling, You’re Not Alone
I was praying and pleading daily to have help and patience. I had a degree in early childhood education, for heaven’s sake—I knew how to teach and discipline, right? But I didn’t have any answers for this passionate, intense child. I was humbled and needed help.
Five Tips from 22 Years in the Motherhood Trenches
It is the most challenging and yet rewarding job in the world: motherhood. I have learned a few things in my 22 years as a mother. Here are the top five things I would share with mothers who don’t have as many years under their belts.
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Joy or “Just Wait”: Episode 129 [Audio Post]
Nearly half a million mothers have loved this beautiful post by Katie Wetherbee about the JOY that awaits us in motherhood. Do not miss this podcast. We guarantee it will bring more joy to your life as a mom.
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