Category: Motherhood/Parenting
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Sermon Notes for Kids: Helping Your Kiddos Grow in their Faith
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I grew up in church. Every Sunday and Wednesday. Summer programs too. And I’m grateful for my upbringing and foundations of faith. Now, I wasn’t the most quiet child during church service. Dad pecked my head a time or two–kept me in line. Kept me from squirming, doodling on the…
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Service, Love & a Cold Fighting Soup: Living Like Jesus
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Moms don’t have time to get sick, and Military Wives whose spouse is deployed or away, dreads the thought of falling ill. Never in my adulthood had I ever caught the flu….until my hubby was on his last deployment. That’s how it goes, right? Well, I got it, and got…
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Helping Kids Cope with Deployment
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September 11th means many things to Americans–many things we aren’t even able to put into words. It’s been 14 years. Doesn’t seem like it. I’ve often thought it strange that my children cannot remember a time when our country hasn’t been at war, nor do they quite grasp why their…
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4 Reasons to Host A Backyard Bible Club
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Hi! Thanks for stopping by my blog! My name is Hannah Conway, Army wife for more than a decade, and the author of The Wounded Warrior’s Wife, and Wedding a Warrior from Olivia Kimbrell Press. This summer, our family hosted our very first Backyard Bible Club! We want to share…
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A Few of My Favorite Things! Giveaway!!
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Say what you want about Oprah, but that lady knew how to do a giveaway! Each year, one lucky audience went home with all of Oprah’s favorite things! While I have no intentions of competing with her, haha :), I do want to give away a few of my own…
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Guest Reader & Author: Sara Turnquist on Postpartum Depression
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Welcome, Dear Readers! This year I’ve set out to get to know you better, hear your story, what God’s done or doing in your life, lessons learned, trials, triumphs, recipes, and fun projects. I want to hear what you have to say, and so do a whole host of others. Meet Sara!…
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4 Tips for Planning a LEGO Birthday Party
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Welcome, Dear Readers! This year I’ve set out to get to know you better, hear your story, what God’s done or doing in your life, lessons learned, trials, triumphs, recipes, and fun projects. I want to hear what you have to say, and so do a whole host of others. Today we welcome…
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Guest Reader Jessica Adkins: Living Love Loud by Becoming a Surrogate
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Welcome, Dear Readers! This year I’ve set out to get to know you better, hear your story, what God’s done or doing in your life, lessons learned, trials, triumphs, recipes, and fun projects. I want to hear what you have to say, and so do a whole host of others. Today we welcome…
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5 Ways to be Blessed in the Stress: A Military Wife’s Perspective
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So. Stress. Let’s talk about that. We’ve all felt it, right? Life gets real, real fast. Traumatic events. Loss. Broken hearts. Then there are the little stressors that just get under your skin like when a car pulls out in front of you, and then slows down! What’s with that?!…
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Summer Reading List: What’s On Yours?
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Oh Summer. Pause for affectionate sigh. Pools. Water balloons. Late nights catching lightening bugs, grilling out, and movies at the park. Just feeling the sun against my face makes summer quite glorious, but reading–books on my beloved summer reading list–is like the cherry on top of this season. This year…