Encouragement for the working mom

June 13, 2013 By 8 Comments
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Be confident that you are doing the right thing. It is okay to work out of necessity and it is okay to work out of choice. Your family is different from any other. Your story is your own. Remember that you are not just writing your child's story, but you are writing your own story as well. Don't let others put you down for the choice you have made. If you make them in the confidence of Christ, then you are making the right choice, regardless of what others think. Staying home is not the … [Continue reading...]

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a mother who…

June 11, 2013 By 3 Comments
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I am a mother who doesn't mind waking up (once) in the middle of the night to nurse relies on a lot of sleep, which means going to bed pretty early some nights didn't feed 'real food' to her daughter until she was almost 6 months nurses and cloth diapers but understands those who chose not to wakes up extra early so I can have my quite time before the mom duties start goes to work 5 days a week from 7-3:00 sends her baby to a home-day care occasionally often  puts the paci back in her … [Continue reading...]

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Weekly Links

June 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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I hope you are enjoying your weekend like we are. It rained and rained yesterday but today the sun decided to peek out of the clouds. We have been quite busy around here with the end of the school year, job searching (for D) and learning to crawl (for M). As the spring days turn [...]

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A favorite place

June 7, 2013 By 1 Comment
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We all have those favorite places, those places that you just feel like belong to you, even though they don’t. Appleton Farms is one of those places for us. It is a local farm that has public access for walkers/runners and horse back riders. We love to go there as a family and walk around [...]

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Inspiration Journal

June 6, 2013 By 1 Comment
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When we were dating, D gave me a little journal where he had written a few quotes. He challenged me to keep track of inspirational quotes and verses in there. For about a year I did a great job of writing down favorite verses and quotes from books, then we moved and it got boxed [...]

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Family Time {Summer Nights}

June 4, 2013 By 1 Comment
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Our first round of summer weather hit this week. It was in the 40s last week a bit and this week we have 90 degree weather. That is New England for you though, and I am not complaining about the hot weather,  because sometimes around here June can be pretty cold and miserable still. To [...]

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The Forgotten Garden {A Book Review}

June 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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It has been way too long since I have done a book review! I am still reading, sometimes, just not blogging about it. I have a confession though, before I get into my review, I didn’t read my book club book this month. I didn’t even bother to get it from the library. Never opened [...]

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My decision

May 31, 2013 By 9 Comments
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So I made my decision, and honestly it shocked me,  but that is how I know it is the right decision. I am going to go back to school next year. What I wanted was to stay home, D was supportive of that decision and we prayed about it and decided that we would just [...]

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Vulnerability

May 30, 2013 By 2 Comments
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I love to watch Millie sleep. To look at her little chest go up and down in the dark, to see her hand clutch her pink elephant, to observe her tiny still body laying in the position in which she fell asleep. It really never gets old. There is something so amazing about the vulnerability [...]

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When there is no right answer

May 28, 2013 By 5 Comments
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I am sitting here with knots in my stomach. Right now, at this moment I don’t know what the right decision is. I feel like I rarely have been at this point, when it has been so unclear to me what I should do. Usually there is a path that is more clear, because it [...]

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