Today I put on some music while I was doing some cleaning around the house and immediately found myself in tears. I was listening to a CD called He Loves Me Still. This CD is full of so many insights and reminders of who I’m trying to be. I’ve always been especially fond of the [...]

I’ve always believed that part of having a family was doing a lot of sacrificing. I thought I always needed to deny my needs, to put everyone else first. It’s no wonder this phrase jumped out at me “One of the greatest gifts you can give your partner is your own happiness” (101 Things I [...]

It has taken me a while but I’m starting to learn that whenever I think everything is hunky-dory in the world, I should check with my wife, because it is probably not. That whole Mars and Venus thing – with women speaking a different language than men – my wife tried to explain it to [...]

I’m still reading Stephen R. Covey’s book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families and I’m loving every page. This book has talked a lot about loving unconditionally and I wanted to share his list of 5 ways you can show your love. 1. Empathizing: listening with your own heart to another’s heart. 2. Sharing [...]

I’ve been pondering a lot on the life of my Grandmother. I used to wonder how she could stand just being home never traveling or going to fancy restaurants or plays. I wondered how she was so content. All she wanted was to be a wife and mother. She found so much joy in her [...]

With the weather changing I’ve decided I need to get back to walking. For the month of March my goal is to go for a walk at least 3 times a week. We have a park near our home that has a playground for the kids, grassy hills to roll on and a nice trail [...]

Since before I was married, I’ve always said that it would be a rule with my family that we have dinner together every night. I always imagined I would be fighting to get my children to join us at the table. I was wrong. My husband has worked many evenings missing dinner (and now misses [...]