Mastering YOU Monday...parenting 101

I was saying to myself just last week how I should post some more about parenting. Would you know, I was watching "Morning Joe" this morning - well actually I was sleeping in and my husband came into the bedroom to tell me to turn the t.v. to "MJ". Anywho, I was intrigued by their guest Jennifer Senior, author of "All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood". Obviously, I've had my head in the sand when it came to this book as I

Mastering YOU Monday...how much is too much?

I know I'm a week late, but how many of you watched the final episode of "The Biggest Loser" last week? If you didn't, I don't know how you missed it... it was plastered all over the news last week. Anywho, the finale is what prompted this week's "Mastering YOU Monday" post. BTW...Am I the ONLY person out there who watches the "BL" so I don't feel guilty about eating a big plate of food? Justifying my overindulgence by saying in the back of my mind..."oh, I'll never get THAT big"!

"Michell's Weekly Pearl"...(In Need of Some Advice)

Hi everyone! Thanks for joining me for another edition of  "Michell's Weekly Pearl", where I seek Godly wisdom to offer encouragement. If this is your first time visiting, let me tell you a little about my advice series. This is where you can ask me anything on marriage, women's issues, family matter s, relationships, parenting, homemaking, or life in general. If you want an honest, biblically based, to the point answer; email me your questions via prowessandpearls@gmail.com (please put "MWP" in the subject area). I'll post your question, along with my answer, anonymously. Easy as that! To read all the questions and answers in this series, you can do so (HERE). 

Keep sending those questions in!!! In the meantime, read on to see what "In Need of Some Advice" asked...

I remember when...

Okay, first and foremost I must say that Spring Break was a blast last week! Family vacation AND my SITS Day on Friday! Can you say Oooooweeee!!!!

We had an awesome time at the beach! Unfortunately, my husband and son-in-law couldn’t make it, *insert sad face here*! So, it was just me and the kiddos! Even though our babies will be 24, 22 and 18 this year,  they.are.still.my.babies. and YES we still hang(our family is close AND cool like that)! :-) This was the first time we’ve gone on vacation without my husband.:( But it was kinda neat having Keri around...seeing as if after she got married and moved out last summer, it’s just been me, Big Daddy and the boys!  It took me back to the days when they were small and we would

Are you looking the other way?

While at a hotel recently, my husband and I encountered a group of teenagers who were disrespectful and rude. It saddens me that we see this behavior more often than not. I remember when I was growing up this was frowned upon by others, now it’s looked upon as the “cool” thing to do. There was a time when parents would get embarrassed and do something about it, nowadays

What's right is right...what's wrong is wrong!

Every now and then I’ll get on my “soapbox”…today just happens to be one of those days! ;-) We live in a society full of “enablers”…you know, people who approve,  facilitate,  make excuses for, authorize and give the “okay” to other people’s actions; regardless of whether those actions are good or bad.  You see this lapse in judgment everywhere you go…parents with their children, friends with other friends, spouses with each other…the list goes on and on. My husband and I have always told our kids, “we will always love you, but right is right and wrong is WRONG”; it’s called INTEGRITY folks. Integrity is the adherence to moral and ethical principles, soundness of moral character, a sound, unimpaired condition; simply put…honesty!  As a parent, I WILL NOT