Mom Life
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DIY Family Pictures: The Secret to Snapping Pics You’ll Love!
From the time my little man was born, he has struggled to not shy away from new faces. His naturally timid nature made taking professional family pictures near impossible. Having not only a new face, but a new face with a camera… it just didn’t work for him. So, mama to the rescue! Time to learn a new trick – DIY family photography. So, here we are, five years later, and our DIY family picture adventures are still going strong! I’ll never compare my results with that of the beautiful pieces of artwork that my professional photographer friends produce, but whether you’re on a budget or have a camera-shy member…
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Book Review: Forgiving What You Can’t Forget by Lysa Terkeurst
Can I recommend a beautiful book that I recently finished reading? “Forgiving What You Can’t Forget” by Lysa Terkeurst. I stumbled upon her book while visiting another blog and was immediately intrigued. When I started reading it, I couldn’t put it down. I cried my way through page after page. Lysa so beautifully walks the reader through the healing and forgiveness experience as God intended for us. She is so raw, vulnerable, and real in her writings that you immediately connect with her while you “sit at her table.” This book is beautifully written and I wish I could buy it for everyone that I know and love. “No human…
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The Baby Shower Gift We Have Used For Over 5 Years!
I don’t write a lot of product reviews on my blog, but I remember being a first-time expectant mom and trying to sort through the scary task of making my first baby shower registry. What do I actually need? Which product works best? Do brands matter? What will I forget? Oh gosh, how can I put such expensive items on my registry and actually ask people to buy them? That was over five years ago, but I still remember how overwhelmed and anxious I felt about it all. Fast forward to today and I can’t believe that I’m still using one of my baby shower gifts over five years later! …
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A Note to My Mom on Mother’s Day…
You know that beautiful Footprints poem about how the Lord carried us through difficult and challenging times in our lives… “When you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you.” Well, God has carried me through many difficult and challenging days in my life (and many absolutely beautiful ones too), but today, I’m calling it a joint effort. You see, there are two other people that have never left my side and have carried me through many of the ups and downs of life… my beautiful and loving mom and dad. I am truly blessed with amazing parents. Over the years, they have carried me…
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Grace
God put a word on my heart all day yesterday: GRACE. I researched it like crazy trying to truly understand it. And then out of the blue, my son starts a conversation that goes like this: Son: Mommy, I like it when you’re nice to me. Me: When am I not nice to you? Son: When I’m acting rude. Me: (laughs a little) So you like it when I’m nice to you even if you’re being rude to mommy? Son (very frankly) Yes. Because if you are nice when I’m acting rude, I’ll give you a hug and say I’m sorry and then I’ll be nice too. Bam! Grace! Sometimes…
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My favorite Shutterfly hack for new moms!
I’m so excited to share with you my favorite money-saving Shutterfly hack for new moms. In a span of one generation, access to photo memories went from dishing out ridiculous amount of cash to have your children sit at the local superstore and praying you get one good shot to handheld devices that allow us virtually unlimited access to photos of our kids. But what do we do with all of those photos? In an age of photo overload, I started searching for a way to save my favorite photographs in one place where I could easily view them. Scrapbooking, although beautiful and personal, was way too time-consuming for me. …
