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

Happy Mothers Day...

No, I’m not trying to be facetious, but want to encourage you to not forget the most important part of motherhood – NOT the accolades, recognition of achievements, the hurrahs or praise, BUT the fact that God even gave us children to steward over (watch over, care for, train and love) in the first place. Because He obviously saw something in us that qualified us for this awesome position, we should count it as a GREAT honor! How well we do at it, however, is left up to us. The mother who invests in her child’s life will be the one that child loves and honors. In life there are a few things we must get right the first go around – raising our children happens to be one of them, unfortunately we don’t