Jolly Belongs in Christmas

“A happy heart makes the face cheerful.” Proverbs 15:13, NIV I was reading through the Sunday newspaper, browsing more like it. I really only bought it for the coupon clipping. But good editors know how to grab you with the headlines. I’d only gotten five minutes in, and I was already depressed. I remembered why I rarely read the newspaper and barely watch the news anymore. ISIS, Ebola, racial riots, economy debates and political division all on display begging to rile me to action somehow. Ahhh, the coupons, buried beneath a huge pile of slick advertisements for holiday “savings.” It …

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How Moms Can Enjoy Their Days…Even the Hard Ones (Plus a Giveaway)

We have probably all been there. A sweet grandmother looks longingly at our children squeezed into the cart at the grocery store and utters words similar to these: “Enjoy these moments. Time goes by so fast.”  And though we appreciate her sentiment, there’s another part of us that wonders…How can we enjoy these moments full of tantrums, middle-of-the-night feedings, hours of crying, and more diapers than we can count?  How can we enjoy these moments that are just plain hard?  I have been there (more times than I care to admit). I have been the mom wishing for the next …

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