Birthday Celebration IdeasLifestyle, Motherhood

Make Your Birthday Amazing with 25 Birthday Celebration Ideas

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…I know everyone celebrates differently, with different activities, different food, different meeting places, etc. Not only that, but things change once we become parents. Our priorities shift a bit. The way we celebrate through those child-rearing years looks a lot different from the way we celebrated in our child-free years.

…this year I decided to put together a blog roundup to birthday celebration ideas about how mothers typically enjoy spending their birthdays, and with whom. I gathered some mothers and asked them the question…

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Choosing Love, Grace, Patience! A Live Heart-Fully Conversation with Tani Salsedo.Habits, Lifestyle, Love & Marriage, Motherhood, Parenting

Choosing Love, Grace, And Patience-Because Your Relationships Matter

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We make choices every day. Most of the choices we make seem harmless. However, there are many choices we make every day, some of which are mentioned above, that effect our lives and the lives of those around us whom we love and adore. The effects can either be positive or they can have harmful, even dire outcomes on our relationships.

Choosing love, grace, and patience in our response and actions is not easy to do. It will require we put away many old habits, and start practicing new ones daily. You will need to be intentional. Finally, it will require paying attention to the words we choose, our demeanor, and our attitude.

That is why I invite you…

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...control the people in our lives...absolutely hard to deal with the sense of loss of control...learn how to relinquish control...Habits, Lifestyle, Motherhood, Parenting

Are you Controlling? Discover how to Relinquish Control Now!

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Relinquish control! It’s not so easy, is it? Control is a word that many of us struggle with, and definitely one that I myself struggle with in a big way! I want to control everything in my environment; the big things, the little things, and all the things that fall in between. Aside from controlling things, of even greater concern is the desire many of us have to control the people in our lives, namely, our loved ones. I recently had a conversation with Katie Allen, founder of the blog, Allen the Family, and a woman who, like me, has struggled with wanting to control every aspect of her life. In this conversation she discusses…

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Motherhood

How to Become Identity Strong in Motherhood?

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The ONLY thing I remember her saying after talking about her two nearly grown daughters was, “I am my daughters’ mother. While marketing has been my lifelong career, I am and have always been a mother first.” Wow! Without having been a mother yet, I thought to myself…our identity, ALWAYS involves the circumstances surrounding our lives at any given time. And it nearly ALWAYS involves…

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Quality time with your children is important! Without it, you will see an increase in misbehavior in young children, and withdrawal in adolescence.Habits, Lifestyle, Motherhood, Toddlers

The Benefits of Spending Quality Time with Your Kids

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We entered into a whole new wavelength of parenting that dumbfounded both of us and forced us to seek help. You see, my very compliant, sweet, and helpful son who had skipped the terrible twos started wanting more independence. And he challenged us, (particularly me) on nearly everything. And when he was challenging us, it was only because he wasn’t listening. That is when we discovered…

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