One of the greatest challenges in homeschooling is learning how to balance your time and attention between your children. This is even more difficult when you have preschool age children and younger running around. With a second grader hungry to learn and a toddler who doesn’t want to miss out on the fun I had […]
How to Put Halloween Candy to Good Use
I have a confession. I’m a sugar addict. Seriously, I have a major sweet tooth or more like TEETH. And having Halloween candy in our house is hard to resist. I just can’t say no, especially to the chocolate stuff. Please tell me I’m not alone. Do any of you relate? Well, fret not I found our […]
Make Money From Home With VIPKID
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of VIPKID. All opinions are 100% mine. The decision for my family to become a one-income household did not come without its challenges. More than eight years ago we decided it was better for our family for me to stay home with our son than […]
A Confession of an Addict
My name is Madonna and I am a dessert-a-holic. Yep, I am addicted. I can’t stop. Every evening I must eat something sweet and delicious that has chocolate on it some where, anywhere. Mmm. Chocolate. That sounds really good right now. Gooey, melty, oozy chocolate like these:Brownies are so de·li·cious! Seriously, I am so addicted […]
January 7th
Today is hard. This past year has been hard. It will always be a reminder of the worst day of our life. This day last year (Jan 7, 2015) we learned that our little Griffin didn’t have a heartbeat. Instead of a lively squirming boy on the ultra sound, all we saw was stillness, a […]
When a Friend Loses a Child
So, your friend just had a miscarriage. You feel bad for her, but honestly you just can’t relate. You don’t know how to respond. You’ve never been in her shoes. You can’t grasp all the emotions she must be feeling. You just don’t understand what it’s like to be in her reality. Well here’s the truth, it’s okay […]
Potty Training- The Day I Lost it!
In honor of me jumping into potty training this weekend. I’d thought I’d share a glimpse of my first time down this road. Enjoy. STOP MOVING! I was hot and getting hotter with every squirm. If you recall, I briefly stated that we returned to pull-ups after trying cloth training pants…the story I’m about […]
Settling Back In
The first part of 2015 was rough. We we’re only a week into the new year when we were hit with devastating news. Then mid-February my husband tells me that he thinks God wants to move us and he thinks it’s going to happen quickly. Ok. So, we started to purge our house and get […]
Beautiful, Precious, Priceless
When I discovered we lost Griffin, I immediately reached out to my friends for prayers. One of my friends, who happened to be a photographer offered to be at the hospital to take pictures of Griffin. This particular friend was due 3 weeks after me. So, Griffin’s body was around the same age as the […]
Why Disney’s Tangled is Hard to Watch
It is amazing my friends how grief can change and redefine your life. It has a way of turning things on you. Songs I used to sing without hesitation, now I struggle even to get through without the water works starting. Even our family movie nights have been effected. Movies that we have seen many times […]