Hi. I’m Michelle. And I’m a perfectionist. It’s something I’ve struggled with since I was a child and something I’ve brought with me into adulthood. I like to make light of it and joke about being a recovering perfectionist, but the truth has been hitting me hard this past week and was driven home tonight [...]
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The tea I’m sipping this week is more for health than for peace-filled relaxation. It’s an “apple blossom” like mixture of a cup of warm water, a teaspoon of honey and two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar, at the recommendation of a good friend to clear up some kind of upper respiratory junk (and it’s [...]
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This past weekend I had the awesome opportunity to attend a Mom Heart Conference hosted by Sally Clarkson (author of The Mission of Motherhood). And for the first time in my parenting life I REALLY KNOW MY PURPOSE!! I feel the most passionate and empowered I have ever felt as a mom and it feels [...]
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“I don’t even have chickens,” the mom who was new to our homeschool group told me as we toured another family’s farm. It was a beautiful late summer day and we were in the middle of a field surrounded by laughing children petting and milking a goat. The family we were visiting believes very strongly [...]
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Hope I don’t get in trouble for borrowing my title from a popular line of books, but I thought it conveyed what I wanted to say. When you’re physically sick, what’s the best thing to eat (especially if it’s winter)? Chicken soup! When you’re emotionally exhausted from being around your children 24/7 while trying to [...]
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Don’t you just love people’s stories?! Their growing up stories, travel stories, dating stories, engagement stories, wedding stories, birth stories, adoption stories… I just love hearing them and I love that they’re all so different! Wouldn’t it be boring if everyone’s stories were all the same? What if we all dated the same way, same [...]
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