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After almost 4 years of being a mom I can honestly make the following statements: I'm beautiful and I believe I get more and more beautiful everyday.  I love it!! I'm more "me" than I have ever been I really like myself a lot! Many of us have mastered the skills of being hard and critical on ourselves, as well as comparing ourselves to others.   I have been there and done that and it gets me nowhere.  That's it!

I actually have to topics today.  Sorry if I sound scatter brained.  It's because I am!! One thing I'm learning is that a schedule can be a lifesaver when your young child stops napping.  It shows you that the day has a "Beginning"  and even more importantly "AN END"  There are times when my days at home with my 3 year old feel so long.  I try to avoid that by having a schedule posted and incorporating at least one errand into the schedule.  Today, I need to go to the grocery store and maybe the library.  I do have a lot of learning activities planned for Noah today, thank God for that!  It is suppose to be a rainy day. Today I was complaining to my hubby as I normally do about how him and my daughter are early birds and I'm not.  But I feel like I'm force into getting up early, just because everybody else does.  My husband was up at 7 something every morning on our honeymoon in Hawaii.  I remember thinking "Oh my gosh, wha...

I really struggle with what type of family my husband wants to be and how to conform to that.  He likes me at home full time with our daughter.  I'm at home full-time and she is in school 2 full days a week.  I have really gone back and forth with the idea of homeschooling, but I think my husband favors her being in school.  I'm sure he has his reasons.  I just don't know what they are yet.  I have a lot of concern about school today and the culture we live in and I feel like we could have more control over my daughter's sphere of influence at home. I feel like she is going to be presented with things at a very young age that she won't be ready to process quite yet.  I feel like she could get a solid grounding if we kept her at home for awhile so that when approached with certain situations outside of home she will have developed a solid foundation for who she is and won't be as easily swayed.  I would love for us to take the path less traveled an...

You can feel lonely even though you are not alone.  My 3 year old daughter is great company, it's just that on Monday it's just her and I normally during the day.  During the week, my greatest responsibility lies; Educating my daughter, teaching her about God, and making sure she is getting what she needs nutrition wise.  I am the one solely in charge of her learning, recreation, social, and resting time.  I think the reason it feels so lonely, is because Monday faces me like a mountain that I don't know if I can climb.  By the grace of God I climb it every week but it's too  great a task for me, I need God.  My daughter goes to school 2 full days a week now.  She is only 3 years old, but I'm really hoping and praying I can homeschool her. I believe it is the best choice, I just don't know if I can handle it.  My husband and I are praying about it.  I believe the way our culture is today.  You have to go out of our way as parents to...

It is amazing to me how much little one's need their routines.  It seems they thrive best when on a regular schedule.  Honestly, one of the blessings that has come from becoming a mom is that my life is now on a routine.  I didn't have that before.  Now, I will admit it can get a little boring sometimes.  I even have to switch it up at times so I can stay productive.  But for the most part I think having a routine and sticking to it is good for adults as well.  I believe your routine has to fit your personality and the personality of your child.  Having a daily routine has been a God-send for myself and my daughter.  Even though my daughter is in school 2 days a week, I still do a homeschool curriculum with her, when she is home and I am still toying with the idea of homeschooling.  I think she would do well, I just don't know if I would survive it.  We are moving soon and I don't have a new preschool lined up yet, so maybe this wil...

"Just doing me"; I heard myself make this statement today, and I said to myself "hmm-m-m-"  I realized this was true.  As women in life we tend to want to compare ourselves to other women.  whether it's clothes, hair, ministry, family, child rearing, homemaking, housekeeping, career.  But the bible says in 2 Cor 10:12: For we dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves with those who commend themselves. But they, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise . If we use Jesus Christ as our standard, we will see that we could never measure up and that would free us up to just be ourselves and let Christ work through us.  It felt good making this statement "Just doing me".  Because I am finally at a place in my life where I really don't want to "be" like anybody else.  I like who I am, I actually enjoy who I am.  I love the person I am becoming more and more everyday.   

-Being a housewife is for the women who believes that her contribution to the home far outweighs anyone else's. -Being a housewife is not for the women who believes that she and her husband are equals inside and outside the home. -Being a housewife is not for the women who believes her contribution outside the home is just as important or more important than her contribution inside the home. -Being a housewife is not for the women that thinks her monetary contribution to the home is anywhere near as valuable as bringing love, care, and nourishment to the home. I am not saying staying-at-home full-time is "right" or "wrong".  I'm just saying that to commit to it and be successful at it, you have to be of a certain mind.  Nobody wants to choose to devote so much of their time to something they don't feel successful at or "cut out" for.  If you make the decision for become a full-time housewife, if you are going to be happy, you have to be...