Happy 2nd Baptism Anniversary to this little cutie! 2 years ago we dedicated you to the Lord in front of our great big church family. We had no idea that just three days later we'd almost lose you. This day reminds me to love you while I can, because even though I say you're mine, you're not. You ...
Siblings Day 2015
My dad sent me an e-mail this morning with this picture attached: He said I could use it for the Siblings Day thing on Facebook. Crap! It's Siblings Day? Wait... What exactly is that? When did this even become a thing? Naturally, I Googled it.. It’s official. April 10th is Siblings Day Which is ...
Mom Needs Shoes
So there we were, a family of 5, hauling butt through a parking lot so I could make an impromptu stop at the shoe store, and still get everything done on my errands list. In our Circus Operation we had: A dad head up, looking forward, strutting his stuff with a new haircut. A preteen holding ...
I Love You to Death, Marry Me, and Have Fun
A couple weeks ago I was sobbing big ugly tears as I was digging through my keepsake box for a specific picture of an old friend. I couldn't find it and felt so defeated. It was just one of those days. I did find something else though, from the same time period as the picture I was looking ...
Through The Dish Water
“Everybody wants to save the Earth; nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes.” —P.J. O’Rourke Tonight after my brother's birthday dinner, I dried a few dishes while my mom washed them. Mostly I just stood there admiring her hands as they scrubbed the plates. Her hands are so familiar to me, but ...
Stop Saying NO Out of Fear
As a very young mom I was asked into a volunteer position. I never accepted it while that person who asked me was still in leadership. I felt like I was too inexperienced. I was immature, and I thought I wasn't "good enough" for it. I felt guilty for telling this woman who asked me, "No". I ...
My Friend, Amy.
Amy Elizabeth Hild. September 9th, 1987 - February 25th, 2015 Amy Elizabeth Hild I’ve known Amy’s full name for well over 10 years, and I’ve never forgotten it. She used to doodle it in her math notebook all.the.time. She’d put fancy designs around her name and play around with ...
Memories For My Baby Girl: Daddy Twirls You Around the Kitchen
My memory may fail me at some point. I know this, because it has before. This little blog is not only my place to encourage others, but to chronicle my thoughts and store my memories, in case I ever forget these sweet moments. I have no idea how long my posts will stay on the internet. It's my ...
Clean Room, Clean Heart
I spent a chunk of the evening cleaning my oldest daughter's room. It wasn't the worst I've seen, but it would not be deemed organized, by even the lowest of standards. She had trouble giving up toys she had matured on from like little plastic dolls, and cheap happy meal toys. There were papers ...
Enjoy the Journey, Heaven Awaits
For Christmas we gave the baby a stroller for her own babies. It took her less than a week to figure out she fits in her new dolly stroller. Oh boy. The last doll stroller we had (about 10yrs ago) was held together with massive amounts of duct tape by the end of its life (well, its ...
The Benefits of Being Strong-Willed (Part 2)
This post contains affiliate links. A Slightly Better Wife (Quincey B.) is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com. In my last post on being ...
You Think I’m Strong-Willed? Whatever THAT Means!
There were only TWO other women at the conference with sparkle shoes. One of them was Sally Baucke, the woman who taught me it's okay to wear sparkle shoes and find the joy in your life right where you are. The other woman was like me, just trying to be as fashionable as Sally! So you know that ...
Who am I? Love Your Life
This weekend I am attending a Christian women's conference a couple hours from home called Hearts at Home. At this point in my life, as in right now-today, I feel like I'm doing alright in the areas of motherhood and marriage, but I am lacking in finding my true identity. After talking it over ...
Church Family: Feeling Disconnected? Be The Change You Want to See~Part 2
This is part 2 in a series on my feeling discontent and disconnected within my church family. You can skim Part 1 Here. Here I am, on my quest to be the change I wanted to see. I thought about changing churches. I really did. I even had my new church all picked out, but then someone ...
Girl Talk: The 5 Minute Comparison Game
Fact: I want to keep improving myself and everything aroundme for as long as I’m living. One way I work to improve myself is by spending time in my Bible. Now that doesn’t always mean my actualbible. That often times means using my Bible app for 5 or 10 minutes (usually just 5) while I wait ...
Church Family: Feeling Disconnected? Be The Change You Want to See~Part 1
Something has been on my mind and I just can't sort it out. So naturally I come here, to my little corner of the World Wide Web, and literally the corner of our home. You see for the past couple years I've been telling my husband that I feel like I'm not growing at church, I don't feel ...
Perspective: Steal My Show
A few weeks ago my kids and I had VEVO playing in the background while we did school at the dining room table. The music was upbeat, and helped to keep us focused. We smiled at each other as we sang along. It was very Brady Bunch like. Then a song came on that we didn’t know, but we all were ...
When a Do-over Isn’t an Option
Yesterday evening was pure chaos here. I was upset we weren't gong to a party we were invited to because a home project didn't go as planned, and attitudes across the whole family were poor. Dang it, I was dressed, my make-up was perfect and my clothes looked goooood. Everything was falling in ...
Bless The Lord My Soul
Emotions have ran high the past couple weeks. I've prayed for the Lord to break my heart for what breaks His, and he has. Along with that there's been real true deep heartache, and tears. I've been in mourning and feel like crawling under the covers and staying there... but then the little people ...
One. Extraordinary ONE
What a beautiful Sunday. I love my EXTRAORDINARY church family! Today was what we call Rally Sunday, where we had a combined service where the first and second services joined together to worship as ONE. The 3rd & 8th graders received their bibles and the leaders of the church were presented. ...
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