Good Messes

Is it strange that I love my daughter's messes? She is 16 months old and leaves little or sometimes big messes wherever she goes. Recently she was eating a fudge pop. I had wrapped the popsicle in a wash cloth to keep it from melting as quickly. As she ate it, the chocolate slowly became…

Having a Hard Time

I am a firm believer that no child is giving you a hard time. They are having a hard time.

Gratitude for Where We are Now

There are moments where I find myself focused only on the future. A kind of tunnel vision for a time. I remember that focus when my husband and I were wishing so badly to grow our family. For a time the majority of our conversations were about a baby or fertility. I had the same…

Motherhood and Marriage

A year ago, I couldn't have imagined how much becoming a mother would change me and my husband. I was a mother from the moment our daughter began to grow within me. I thought about her every moment of the day, and tried to take care of myself so that I could better provide for…

Foundations of Parenting: A Six-Part Program

Hello readers! It has been ages since I have updated my marriage blog, largely because I have been creating a sister blog called 'Foundations of Parenting' for the last part of my Bachelor's degree in Marriage and Family Studies! This program has been developed and created primarily by myself with the assistance of a small…

Correcting in Relationships

There are only a few books that I can say have actually changed my life in a meaningful and permanent way. Three books that I can think of just now. One is the Bible (King James Version, both Old and New Testaments), the second is The Book of Mormon, another Testament of Jesus Christ, and…