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Rick Perry’s “Strong” YouTube Video — An Epic Social Media Fail

by Janice December 17, 2011 1 comment

Did you miss the Rick Perry YouTube fail last week? In case you did, here is my post about it from MomCrunch… With the release of his “Strong” YouTube campaign video, Rick Perry demonstrates the [...]

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Checking In With The Sisters – The Blessing

by Lolli December 17, 2011 1 comment

I love Christmas stories, and this one, found on our sister site, 5 Minutes for Faith, touched me this week. The author, Amy from Signs, Miracles, and Wonders tells the story of finding a blessing [...]

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Checking in With the Sisters – Learning to Receive

by Lolli December 10, 2011 2 comments

As a child on Christmas morning, I always felt kind of sad for my mom, who never seemed to have many presents to open. I never imagined that sitting on the couch and watching my [...]

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Forgive that Blogger??? — Grace in the Internet

by Janice December 8, 2011 16 comments

Grace. I LOVE that word. In fact, grace is my life word. When I have finished my turn down here on this crazy planet, I want my life to have been about forgiveness and compassion. [...]

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Checking in With the Sisters – Do Over

by Lolli December 3, 2011 1 comment

I love being a mom, but I don’t always love the mom that I am. While I was checking in with our sister sites this week, I found a post by Laura Rath on 5 [...]

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Checking in with the Sisters – Real Rest

by Lolli November 12, 2011 2 comments

I love waking up before my youngest son and watching him sleep. Why is it that in sleep my kids’ innocence is purely visible? I can’t see the mischievousness and I can’t hear the demands. [...]

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The Dance of the Pepper Shaker – Checking in With the Sisters

by Lolli October 29, 2011 3 comments

Every week, I check in with our sister sites to see what has been posted recently. Every once in a while a post really speaks to me…this post from 5 Minutes for Faith literally shouted [...]

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Do You Mean It? – Checking in With the Sisters

by Lolli October 22, 2011 0 comments

My kids love to ask questions. What kids don’t? Do you ever find yourself answering their questions with canned responses? On 5 Minutes for Faith, Mary from Refresh Moments discusses the things we say that [...]

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Learning to Let Go – Checking in With the Sisters

by Lolli October 8, 2011 2 comments

As much as I love the Fall, with the milder weather and the changing leaves, and the new school year for my kids, it is also a time of LOTS of change. Our routine changes. [...]

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“That’s Not Fair!” Checking in With the Sisters

by Lolli October 1, 2011 1 comment

“That’s not fair!” – a phrase I have heard from the mouths of my children plenty of times. Sometimes I agree with them – “That’s right sweetheart. It’s NOT fair. But it’s life. It’s part [...]

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