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Releasing My Adult Child: A Mom’s Letter to Her Son

For parents who are sending off their kids to college and beyond. Posting the story of a mom and the letter she gave her son as he embarked on the road to adulthood. Pastor’s wife, homeschooling mom and mother of two, Malou shares her story and her wise words to Daniel, her first “arrow”

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The Mama Blues: A Mom’s Call to Prayer

“How can I, a Bible-believing, faith-walking Christian, suddenly feel so helpless?” military wife, former missionary and mom of 3, Malen, gets real about postpartum depression and shares how five bible verses slowly helped her heal and find joy again.

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Speaking Life: 20 New Year Declarations to Start the Year

Instead of starting the new year with resolutions why not start it with lifegiving declarations? As we start 2022, let’s go back to the basics — as every foundation determines how high or how strong the structure is, knowing who we are, who created us and who holds our hearts and our lives in His hands determines how we will face the coming year and all that is in store for us. Here’s our list of 20 lifegiving verses to declare as we welcome 2022!

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Let’s Talk Adoption…And The Three Ways We Overcomplicate It

“Many focus on how adoption is a blessing and a gift to a child who would otherwise be left without a family, I’d like to emphasize how adoption has become one of the greatest gifts to me,” stresses Chrina, wife and mother of three, as she talks about their adoption journey and why common misconceptions keep others from taking that first step

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Happy Birthday, Jesus! Four Christmas Traditions That Celebrate the True Celebrant

“It’s so easy to get lost in the busyness and consumerism associated with the holidays, but traditions ground us, always pointing us back to Jesus, the true reason for the season,” says wife and mom of three, Phoebe, as she counts down the days before the big Day with Christmas traditions she and her family practice to highlight the Celebrant who is truly worth celebrating

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Faith Over Fear: My Story About Life and Loss

The passing of a loved one marks us in ways that only others, who have been through the same loss, will understand. Mom and grandmom, Celia, writes about her life and shares how faith and finding a new purpose have helped her cope with losing her love and husband of 54 years

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5 Life Skills Every Child Needs In The Real World

Every child needs life skills that will equip them not just in the schoolyard but the school of life as well. Find out how co-authors and parents, Raymond and Malou, are preparing their two kids for the real world with valuable lessons and life-changing tools they’ve learned along the way.

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The Tween Years: Insights on That Least Talked About Stage of Childhood

Oh, the tween years, that awkward “in-between” stage every child goes through and every parent hopes to understand (and survive unscathed!). Four-time mom Jenn shares invaluable lessons about how to help our children go through the confusing ups and downs of the pre-teen years and helps us understand what’s really going on in our children’s brains and bodies.

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Learning Apps to Consider For Your Homeschooling Set-Up

As classrooms remain in our homes this schoolyear, mom Minnette gets technology on her side and enlists a few learning apps she’s found online that have proved helpful in creating an engaging and conducive homeschooling set-up that her kiddo loves. Read more to find out if these apps will work for your homeschool set-up too.

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Connecting Childhoods: 5 Nostalgic Games To Play With Your Kids

Pick-up sticks, jackstones, hopscotch (piko), Tex cards…favorite childhood games to play with your kids that will create wonderful family memories that can last a lifetime; natural conversation starters about our growing up years that encourage an exchange of meaningful stories and shared experiences.

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Throwing Out the Trash

Teaching our kids to practice Philippians 4:8-9…whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.

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Flimsy Fortress

The dining room was a mess. Three little girls had decided that this was going to be the location of their fort and they were

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Building with God

It was a pretty difficult week. The kids kept fighting and I kept grounding them. Moments of weakness and frustration that left me feeling guilty,

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Releasing My Adult Child: A Mom’s Letter to Her Son

For parents who are sending off their kids to college and beyond. Posting the story of a mom and the letter she gave her son as he embarked on the road to adulthood. Pastor’s wife, homeschooling mom and mother of two, Malou shares her story and her wise words to Daniel, her first “arrow”

READ MORE
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The Mama Blues: A Mom’s Call to Prayer

“How can I, a Bible-believing, faith-walking Christian, suddenly feel so helpless?” military wife, former missionary and mom of 3, Malen, gets real about postpartum depression and shares how five bible verses slowly helped her heal and find joy again.

READ MORE
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Speaking Life: 20 New Year Declarations to Start the Year

Instead of starting the new year with resolutions why not start it with lifegiving declarations? As we start 2022, let’s go back to the basics — as every foundation determines how high or how strong the structure is, knowing who we are, who created us and who holds our hearts and our lives in His hands determines how we will face the coming year and all that is in store for us. Here’s our list of 20 lifegiving verses to declare as we welcome 2022!

READ MORE
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Let’s Talk Adoption…And The Three Ways We Overcomplicate It

“Many focus on how adoption is a blessing and a gift to a child who would otherwise be left without a family, I’d like to emphasize how adoption has become one of the greatest gifts to me,” stresses Chrina, wife and mother of three, as she talks about their adoption journey and why common misconceptions keep others from taking that first step

READ MORE
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Happy Birthday, Jesus! Four Christmas Traditions That Celebrate the True Celebrant

“It’s so easy to get lost in the busyness and consumerism associated with the holidays, but traditions ground us, always pointing us back to Jesus, the true reason for the season,” says wife and mom of three, Phoebe, as she counts down the days before the big Day with Christmas traditions she and her family practice to highlight the Celebrant who is truly worth celebrating

READ MORE
simplenotsimple_motherhood_despedida2

Faith Over Fear: My Story About Life and Loss

The passing of a loved one marks us in ways that only others, who have been through the same loss, will understand. Mom and grandmom, Celia, writes about her life and shares how faith and finding a new purpose have helped her cope with losing her love and husband of 54 years

READ MORE
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5 Life Skills Every Child Needs In The Real World

Every child needs life skills that will equip them not just in the schoolyard but the school of life as well. Find out how co-authors and parents, Raymond and Malou, are preparing their two kids for the real world with valuable lessons and life-changing tools they’ve learned along the way.

READ MORE
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The Tween Years: Insights on That Least Talked About Stage of Childhood

Oh, the tween years, that awkward “in-between” stage every child goes through and every parent hopes to understand (and survive unscathed!). Four-time mom Jenn shares invaluable lessons about how to help our children go through the confusing ups and downs of the pre-teen years and helps us understand what’s really going on in our children’s brains and bodies.

READ MORE