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A New Way to Approach Motherโs Day
Motherโs Day can be beautiful, filled with flowers, family, and joyful memories. However, for many, it also stirs up emotions like grief, guilt, loneliness, disappointment, and even dread. You may have had a different vision of what this day holds. In addition, loss, estrangement, or silent pain may have deemed this day forever altered. Butโฆ
What Perspective Do You Need to See This Easter?
Easter is almost here! Can you believe it? Life is busy, and perhaps Holy Week snuck up on you. Maybe it has nearly passed without you truly walking alongside Jesusโ journey. But the good news? It is never too late to pause and prepare our hearts for the mighty miracle of the resurrection. Will youโฆ
Five Practical Tips to Find Joy on Motherโs Day, Even When it Hurts
Motherโs Day is supposed to be a day filled with joy and celebration, but for those struggling with infertility, estrangement, or other challenges, it can be a reminder of what one doesnโt have. However, it is possible to find joy on Motherโs Day, even when it hurts, by implementing a few strategies. Join us asโฆ
Celebrating Motherโs Day is Important When Your Child Has a Mental Illness
Motherโs Day can be a bittersweet holiday for moms with a son or daughter with mental health challenges. If you are that mom, I know you face unique struggles many never see amid the flowers and gifts. Feelings of overwhelm, guilt, loss, and failure often accompany the day. It is not unusual to consider skippingโฆ
I Was Never Alone in the Struggle
Have you ever tried to help someone you love, and your efforts seem futile? You reach out, but it seems your attempts to make the circumstances better are inadequate. You hope and pray they will at least know they are not alone in the struggle.
What Did You Do Right? Ask Those Who Matter
We tend to look at ourselves critically regarding motherhood. We worry and fret about what we wish we could do over and fail to ponder what went well. With Motherโs Day upon us, letโs have fun and switch it up by looking at what we did right as mothers. However, to do this, we needโฆ
Did God Choose The Wrong Mom?
Did God choose the wrong mom for your children? Have you had that aching feeling inside that maybe someone else could do a better job? I have to confess that I have let those feelings and thoughts permeate my mind many times during my journey of being a parent. I often wondered why God wouldโฆ
A Motherโs LoveโHelen Steiner Rice
A Motherโs love is somethingthat no one can explain,It is made of deep devotionand of sacrifice and pain, It is endless and unselfishand enduring come what mayFor nothing can destroy itor take that love away . . . It is patient and forgivingwhen all others are forsaking,And it never fails or falterseven though the heartโฆ
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