Survival Strategies & Good Girlfriends
Posted by Lisa Hendey in News on Thursday, August 18, 2011
On this week’s episode of the Faith & Family Live Cast (click here to listen or click on the player above) hostess Sarah and I are thrilled to spend time with our heroine, Arwen. In our first segment, Arwen shares an twin update as well as some important “survival strategies” that will help any mom, regardless of the age of your children.
This week’s Faith & Family Feature Product is World Youth Day!... READ MORE
Special Celebrations and Sharing Prayer
Posted by Lisa Hendey in News on Thursday, May 12, 2011
This week on the Faith & Family Live Cast (click here to listen or click on the player above), Elizabeth, Rebecca and I share some commiseration on the busyness of so many wonderful Spring celebrations. We share ideas for surviving and flourishing as a family when multiple “moments in the sun” happen one right on top of the next. How does your family keep each celebration special and sacred, while... READ MORE
Blinking Through the Time Change
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Monday, March 14, 2011
I had to laugh today when I came across Jennifer Fulwiler’s rant against Daylight Saving Time. This just when I was feeling happy and grateful about the time change - it was still light out when my husband got home from work! I love evening daylight.
We’re not a particularly schedule-driven family. Our kids’ bedtime varies by an hour or more many nights anyway, for various reasons. I do dislike “losing”... READ MORE
The Art of Sleep
Posted by Lynn Wehner in Family on Wednesday, December 29, 2010
You’re a new mom, and life seems to revolve around sleepless nights (and sometimes days) with your little one. But eventually, the baby actually sleeps, and so do you. Hooray!
Then, the child who was falling asleep in her spaghetti becomes the one who fights bedtime with a variety of stalling ploys that go way beyond the “Can I have a drink of water?” requests. And soon that same child who fights... READ MORE
Don't Forget About You
Posted by Danielle Bean in Just me on Monday, August 30, 2010
During this crazy back-to-school season, many of us moms find ourselves planning schedules, shopping for supplies, and preparing our kids for new fall routines.
It can be easy to lose ourselves in the shuffle.
As much as you are planning your son’s soccer schedule, as much as you are planning your daughter’s violin lessons, as much as you are planning an entire school year full of learning and activity... READ MORE
Can a Busy Life Be Prayerful?
Posted by AGroup in Faith on Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Q: Between caring for my four young kids and husband, running my household, and working a part time job, I sometimes find that prayer time gets pushed aside again and again until it’s almost non-existent (or only on Sunday mornings). I need some help prioritizing my prayer time and making my faith a larger part of my everyday life. Any suggestions?
A: I am sure our readers will have plenty of suggestions... READ MORE
Resuming Routines, Grinding Gears
Posted by Danielle Bean in Just me on Monday, January 04, 2010
Have you ever learned to drive a standard transmission? You know that horrible grating, grinding sound the gears make when you shift them incorrectly? I think I heard that sound today.
It was coming from my brain.
Like many others today, I am doing my very best to make a smooth move from the relaxed holiday schedule we have enjoyed the past two weeks to one that brings all of us back to school, back... READ MORE
Time Change
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Monday, November 02, 2009
I figured everyone would be excited about yesterday’s time change, but I noticed in my Internet travels little comments about how frustrating it is for some.
Do you like falling back?
Around here, springing forward is painful, but there is something very lovely about gaining the extra hour. It just works beautifully all around. I guess I’m saying that because this morning I woke up (easily) before... READ MORE
Summer Living
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Monday, July 06, 2009
I like to talk about summer schedules and having a plan, about how boys thrive on structure and how things go downhill fast when I lower my standards.
These things are all true and important, but there is also this other, equally important side of summer which I like to call “Chill Out, Girl.” As someone who enjoys having a plan and sticking to it, this can be a challenge. But I’m realizing that if... READ MORE
Early to Bed, Early to Rise? Maybe Not
Posted by Danielle Bean in Family on Tuesday, June 09, 2009
I thought yesterday’s Coffee Talk discussion about family bedtimes and Arwen’s ongoing discussion of sleepless babies made for some very interesting reading.
Bedtimes are something I’ve thought about a lot in recent years.
You see, we used to be a 7:30 pm bedtime kind of family. I loved that!
But then those grade school kids we were so fond of pushing around had the nerve to grow up into middle-sized... READ MORE
