How To Have A Successful Day As A Stay At Home Mom

This is the final post in the series How to Beat Motherhood Overwhelm in 7 Easy Steps.

I have had small kids in my home for 10 years!  My oldest just had her tenth birthday and my youngest is one and a half. Maybe that makes me an expert? Not really, an expert on my own kids, sure – but kids, families, people are all so different! This whole series has been written about what works for me!  Take what you love, leave the rest – that’s my blog/reading/life motto lol

For This Shirt I Prayed

Silly isn’t it?  The idea of praying for a shirt. I wasn’t praying for the shirt so much as what it means, but every time I see it, it makes me smile.

When I was a new Christian, I had been following God for about a year and a half and I wanted to give Him e.ver.y.thing. All of me. I deal with fear, which was a big player in my life at that point.  Big, like HUGE. I was scared of everything. But I wanted to give God everything, and what more could this scared little me do, but go to China to be a missionary? They’re torturing people for Christ there?  Let’s do it.

Heart Thoughts – Pause

Joining the Five Minute Friday crew where we write for five minutes on a one word prompt. This week’s prompt is Pause.

GO

I dream
Of so many ways I can be
Just the Perfect ______
And I plot
And I plan
And write all my lists

Give Me 1 Hour and I’ll Give You Your Self Respect Back

This is the sixth step of the series How to Beat Motherhood Overwhelm In 7 Easy Steps.

If you haven’t seen the rest of series, the earlier steps deal with heart work, getting your body in a good place, but this one is a bit more practical; something you can do right here, right now and feel a little pick-me-up.

Heart Thoughts – Secret

Five Minute Friday – where we write for just five minutes.  No editing, no rewriting.  And then publish.  Because writing is a beautiful experience, worthy of respect. Not always for perfecting, for changing and looking at from all angles.  Just letting go.

The Lazy Mom’s Way To A Great Day

This is the fifth step in the series How To Beat Motherhood Overwhelm In 7 Easy Steps.

You can feel it in the air, a bad day is brewing. You’ve done the deeper heart work we talked about earlier in this series, and yet you still feel your day quickly spinning out of control.

I know what can help!