A Happy Mother

Happy Mother’s day!  As I reflect on the past year or so and the things I’ve learned, I am grateful to be a Happy Mother.  It has not always been easy for me to be a happy mother.  Being a mother was what I knew was right and good all along, but for a long … Continue reading »

Mothers are Light-bearers

A beautiful vision was brought to my mind recently, as I was studying my scriptures and pondering what I am creating as a mother and what my legacy could be.  A picture came to my mind of the world at night, and our little home there surrounded by darkness, but lit from within, the windows … Continue reading »

Whole-hearted mothering requires a Whole Heart

“Whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men” Colossians 3:23 This, I think, is the key to happiness and peace. To be doing the right things, for the right reasons, for the right person, and whole-heartedly. In order to do things whole-heartedly, we need to have a heart that … Continue reading »

Eat, Pray, Love – journeys of self discovery in Motherhood

Today I ran across a great blog post over at thegiftofgivinglife.com about how motherhood and even childbearing bring us face to face with ourselves as well or better than any globe-trotting journey of self discovery would. I wrote a comment echoing her sentiments, but it started getting so long that I thought, I need to … Continue reading »

Guest post at Connecting With your Kids

I was invited to write a guest post over at www.connectingwithyourkids.blogspot.com It’s called ‘Why knowing who you are is Essential to Powerful Mothering.’ You can see it here: http://connectingwithyourkids.blogspot.com/2012/03/why-knowing-who-you-are-is-essential-to.html I met Abby through Mama Masterminds, where she taught us about how to connect with our kids on a deeper level, and I was so impressed … Continue reading »

Do you ever feel Used?

I was thinking today about the way most women treat themselves and the way I’ve treated myself often in the past. Much of our internal dialogue is unkind. ‘Do this, do that, oh I’ve got to do better at this, I can’t believe I did that again, hurry up, etc, etc.’ How would our friends … Continue reading »

Wonders are demanded of you

The past few days we have been visited by the stomach flu. It is always strange to me that these experiences, though not fun, so often make me feel connected to power and God. I won’t go so far as to say I love the stomach flu, but there is something amazing I am reminded … Continue reading »

Planting seeds

The other day, I was reading in Ecclesiastes 11:1-6 and thinking about the seeds I am planting as a Mother.  It talks about the law of the harvest and planting good seeds without worrying about the outcome (at least that is the meaning I understood in it).   Some things that stuck out to me (some … Continue reading »

Can you be Present?

Yesterday at the Mama Mastermind, I got to learn from an amazing Mom and Grandma, MaryAnne Johnson of home-school-coach.com, about the power of Being Present. She gave us a challenge that has been, well, challenging for me. It is a simple one, and I really needed it, but it has been harder so far than … Continue reading »

Spiritual gifts of motherhood

I talk a lot about developing our gifts and not neglecting our talents while we are in the midst of motherhood. But in this post I want to talk about a different kind of gifts. Spiritual Gifts. I believe that all mothers are given special gifts of knowing, to benefit their children, and that most … Continue reading »