This has been on my mind lately. Just what makes a godly wife or mother? Someone who prays regularly? Reads the Bible to her children daily? Makes everyone do memory verses? Someone who attends church regularly? Someone who attends/leads Bible Study classes? All of the above? None of the above? Then comes the more thought […] Read more…
Family
Using a Devotional For Quiet Time
Quiet times with the Lord gets elusive as the pregnancy progresses. So deciding that I would be using a devotional would ensure that I am at least reading a portion of scripture daily. Otherwise, it would be way too easy to use the busyness of the season to say that I have no time to read the Bible. Read more…
Sleep Training
Before you even start to encourage your baby to sleep by himself, pray, pray, pray! Pray that the baby will develop good and healthy sleep habit quickly. Actually, it would have been better if you had prayed this even when baby was in the womb! But better late than never! And then, be consistent. Don’t confuse your baby. Read more…
Sleep – How Much Do You Need?
Why do I ask this question? In the past month, I have had mothers asking me either about their babies/toddlers sleep or lack thereof or their own. There seems to be this concern about how much sleep a baby or toddler should have and how a mom is to cope with the lack of sleep. […] Read more…
What Kind of Attitude Do I Have?
Do you have a “I Can!” attitude or do you have a “I Cannot!” attitude? A Can-Do attitude makes life interesting and always exciting. The opposite attitude makes everything dreary and overwhelming. Which camp do you fall into? Recently, I have come across a few people with what I call a “victim mentality”. People who […] Read more…
Doing Devotionals With the Children
I have been asked many times what we do and what we use with the children for their devotional times with the Lord. Ahhh! Doing devotionals with the children can be very, very trying! Family Devotions – Fail! We used to do our Family Devotions once a week. Honestly, it was a t-o-r-t-u-r-e! Why? Well, […] Read more…
Falling Off The Quiet Time Wagon
So after I wrote of The Necessity of Quiet Time, I fell off the Quiet Time wagon! Yeah, it is easier to write about spending quiet time with the Lord than actually doing it, isn’t it? Later, Later! I confess that in the midst of much busyness, the first thing to go is always Quiet Times […] Read more…
When Children Fall Sick
It is often very hard to watch your child being ill, more so when it is an infant who has a congested nose. The feeling of helplessness certainly frustrates me. But I have learnt over the years – and 5 children later – that there are certain things that can help. Besides continuous prayers over […] Read more…
Of Naps and Food
Many times, we rush our children to “grow up” before they are ready to and create unnecessary work (and stress!) for ourselves And yet, at other times, we hold back our children so that they are unable to progress. Aren’t parents funny creatures? Grow Up!- Food Many 1st time mums are eager to start their […] Read more…
If I Could Have Started All Over Again
When I got married, housework was easy. Our apartment was small and we were hardly in the house, as we were both working long hours in the office. My lack of cooking skills was a non-issue. We ate out every day – all 3 meals! Then we had our first born. And we decided that […] Read more…