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Moms, sons, and their wives
FamilyLifeMomBlog posted 4 weeks 2 days ago — by Karen Loritts I just spent a fantastic weekend with our youngest son's wife at a women's conference. The conference itself was life-changing, but my time with my daughter-in-law was priceless. We laughed together, chatted away about girly thing...
The economy: Putting it in a trust
FamilyLifeMomBlog posted 4 weeks 2 days ago — by Janel Breitenstein I was talking to my friend again last night—the one who's very concerned about the economy. She's doing some good things about it: streamlining her lifestyle so that she can save money for a rainy day, for example...
Gardening for therapy
FamilyLifeMomBlog posted 4 weeks 3 days ago — by Barbara Rainey When Dennis and I had been married about five years, I decided I needed to spruce up the back door entrance to our little yellow post–WWII cottage with two pots of red geraniums. My mother had grown geraniums and lots of other...
Perspective
FamilyLifeMomBlog posted 4 weeks 4 days ago — by Jenn Dyer Last week was a tough one. Sleepless nights, sick kids, hours in the car, autism—in all, too much. I’m really down. I’m sure you’ve been there. But on one of those days, I got some perspective from my sister. She called tha...
First thing ... really?
FamilyLifeMomBlog posted 4 weeks 6 days ago — by Tracey Lanter Ha, ha, ha!!! I was just reading the FamilyLife Momblog site and enjoying some of the posts made by my peers and I noticed something that made me laugh out loud. My last post was listed as being posted at 6:03 a.m. Lest you all...
Answered prayer and last dances
FamilyLifeMomBlog posted 4 weeks 6 days ago — (Editors Note: We are pleased to introduce you to Darcy Kimmel of Family Matters. Darcy will be blessing us from time to time as a Guest Blogger and we look forward to the insights she will share.) by Darcy Kimmel Prayer slips through a mom...
Mom's getaway
FamilyLifeMomBlog posted 5 weeks 45 min ago — by Jennifer Dyer When was the last time you spent more than a few hours away from your family? More than one night? If you're like me, it has been a while, or maybe never. So, imagine my quaking stomach when I recently left town for four wh...
Economy, election, environment—Oh, my!
FamilyLifeMomBlog posted 5 weeks 1 day ago — by Janel Breitenstein Anyone else find themselves avoiding headlines lately?! Sometimes I'm not sure whether to scream or just put my head in my hands. Sometimes I wonder what kind of world I'm sending my kids into—and what do I tell them? Some...
Reporting from True Woman 08
FamilyLifeMomBlog posted 5 weeks 1 day ago — by Barbara Rainey I have just returned from being in Chicago with more than 6,300 women for the True Woman 08 conference. It was an amazing weekend with women attending from 48 states and even some from beyond our borders. We were challenged by Jo...
True Woman 08: Been there, challenged by that
FamilyLifeMomBlog posted 5 weeks 2 days ago — by Tracey Lanter The world is blessed by many ladies who can declare themselves a "True Woman," and over the weekend I had the amazing opportunity to sit under the teaching of some of them and meet many hundreds more. This was one of tho...
