Category: Mom’s Journal

  • Do you like a fresh start?

    Do you like a fresh start?

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    Even as we are wrapping up the current Bible in 90 Days session here on MomsToolbox, school has just begun for many of you and it is still the time for fresh starts. Today I am sharing what I  love about fresh starts over on Tommy Nelson’s Raising Faithful Kids. Here’s a preview of what…

  • Texas fires, natural disasters and an invitation to pray with me

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    Two days again my husband showed me a picture a friend of ours snapped from her house. The fires were getting dangerously close to her home in Magnolia, Texas. She and her husband were dousing their roof as best they could and preparing to get the evacuation call. Fires were destroying homes. People were looting…

  • Praying for a baby sister

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    When my oldest was 4 years old, he told me he wanted to be a big brother again. “You do,” I said. “Hmmm. Why don’t you pray about it?” I thought I was being clever because what I knew, and he didn’t know, was that I was pregnant. I had only known for a day…

  • Advice for chaos and ‘those’ mom moments

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    Last week I was in a grump slump and Wendy, a MomsToolbox reader, sent some advice and a perspective on parenting little ones. I thought you might benefit from it, too.. All moms have our stories that we laugh about now, even though they didn’t seem quite so funny at the time. My advice for…

  • Let’s encourage moms together!

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    Earlier this week I was in a major grump slump and I cannot thank each of you enough who left an encouraging comment for your support. I made my way back to the sunshine, and my experience reminded me of why I wanted to launch MomsToolbox nearly 10 years ago when I bought the domain…