Inspiring moms to build a happy and meaningful life
Inside: Discover a lovely bucket list for kids that includes 65 activity ideas that are great for children under five. Young children will love them and you will enjoy them too! There is only a little time left before my son will turn five. And I can’t believe how fast time has gone by! “The days are long but the years… Read More
Inside: I’ve gathered here a list of my favorite little things that we can do every day to make kids feel loved. They are so easy and they mean so much! “Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.” This quote by Charles R. Swindoll is such a wonderful reminder to make more room… Read More
Inside: Marriage after kids comes with challenges that I never imagined before. Even if it’s hard to admit, parenthood has taken a toll on our marriage. And we do our best to not let hard days affect our relationship. I wake up and the first thing I saw was my husband’s face. He was sleeping next to me and I… Read More
When my son was a baby I used to think that those long sleepless nights were the most exhausting thing about motherhood. I never imagined that toddlerhood will bring something that was even more exhausting: power struggles. Even though they were physically tiring as the lack of sleep, they were emotionally draining. Constantly setting limits and explaining the rules over… Read More
Young kids and clean, organized houses don’t really seem compatible. “Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the sidewalk before it stops snowing.” I read this quote by Phyllis Diller a few days ago and it made me smile. Because I totally felt like this when my son was a toddler. But this also determined… Read More
We were getting out of the park to go home after a morning my son spent with his best friend. I was still angry, and he probably felt this because he was quietly riding his little blue scooter next to me. I waited for the play date to be over for us to be able to talk about what happened…. Read More
He was standing in front of me, in the kitchen, holding a drawing in his hands. “Look, mom, do you like it?” “Of course I do! And I like the colors you used”, I answered. “Do you want to come and draw with me?” “I would love to,” I said, “but I still need to finish some things on my… Read More
It’s never “just a spanking”. This is a reality that we need to face and admit. Using spanking to discipline a child is a way of relying on fear to get the child to have the behavior that the parent wants. It’s a way of using aggression to obtain obedience. And it does much more than hurting the child physically. It… Read More
I was just taking his pajamas out of the closet when I saw him hurrying to put his PJs on. I didn’t even have the time to express my amazement that he ran out of the room. The next thing I heard was the water running in the bathroom sink. I slowly approached the bathroom door and I saw his… Read More
When my son was a toddler he used to go to preschool during the day. In the afternoon, when I went to pick him up, I run into the same scenario over and over again. Every time when I would ask about his behavior during the day I would only hear good things. The teacher was telling me that he… Read More
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