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Why Yelling Just Doesn’t Work… (Restoring Children with a Gentle Spirit)
The intense yelling coming from the other side of the house floated down the hall to where I was putting laundry away in my room. “Oh, not again, I can’t do this again…” I thought to myself as my children’s yells and cries got louder. This was the third time within thirty minutes that I…
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When Motherhood is Hard
By Amber Nicole It was the first week of summer and I had already found myself sobbing in my room…twice. If strife was a color, I bet our neighbors could see it pouring out of our home like billowing smoke. Our house felt so heavy with anger. I was feeling the failure as a mom…
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Feelings of Failure Can’t Hold Us Down
By Amber Nicole I find myself sitting here on a Sunday morning, another full week laying ahead and wondering where in the world did the past week go? All that I had set out to accomplish did not happen. The minutes, hours, and days flew by as I stood still not achieving anything. Feelings of…
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A Sweet Little Tidbit About Me
“No calling is greater, nobler, or more fulfilling than that of motherhood.” -Sally Clarkson I remember when I was a young 11 year old girl, on the floor of my bedroom dreaming about the day that I would become a mom. The planner that I am, planned out that I would have five kids (3…