making a difference! • moms making a difference
During February, we’ll be focusing on certain entrants to our Who’s Your Valentine contest who are making a difference in the lives of their families through their love and example. This week, we’re talking about Tyler and Jenica Parcell from Provo, Utah. Jenica voted her husband, Tyler, to be her best Valentine in our contest.
Though they’ve been married for four years now, they’ve actually known each other for years. His family lived across the street from her cousin’s house …
Who’s Your Valentine? Photo ContestThe Mom It Forward “Who’s Your Valentine?” Photo Contest is your chance to show your love for someone who has made a special difference in your life, whether that’s a husband or wife, son or daughter, pet, friend, parent, or someone you secretly admire. Share with us a picture and…
Family Relationships: The Importance of Keeping Your Family Closerelationships • me • relationships • lifestyle
We live in a world where moms and dads wish they could figure out how to be in two or three places at one time…. We are always on the go dropping off one kid here and another kid there. Parents are caught up in the “busyness” of keeping
Holiday Traditions: Writing Poems for Christmas Giftsmom • family fun & traditions • family fun • family fun-traditions
What do you do when the kids start growing up and the magic is beginning to fade on Christmas morning? Tired of the same old routine? Get up, experience a wild fury of paper and presents, then it’s done! What can you do? Add present poems!
This is a fantastic…
Building Friendships: How to Reconnect With Friendsrelationships • me • relationships • lifestyle
There are many different stages in the world of motherhood! All of these stages get us up early in the morning, require staying up late at night, and running throughout the day. When the kids are first born, we try to stay connected with our friends by making play dates…
Me Time: 8 Ways to Get Social With Other Womenrelationships • me • time management • lifestyle
Allowing yourself to develop time for a social life is an area you may or may not place a priority. In the realm of coaching, this area finds a slot in the work/play dimension of the Wellness Inventory Wheel. For sure, you embrace the work aspect and make this a…
Mommy Dating: 4 Ways to Get to Know the Moms of Your Children’s FriendsNow that school is back in session, hopefully you and your child are over the first day jitters. I know for our house, they can last for a couple of months. There are many things that involve going back to school; new teachers, new classmates, new schedules, and making new…
Relationship Building: How To Effectively Communicate With Your FamilyLast weekend our family decided to take a small road trip to the mountains in the northern part of our state. We went looking for the changing leaves, picturesque views, pumpkins, and fresh apples. We did find those things, but we found something else too, which was quite disturbing.
As…
Relationships: 3 Tips to Bringing Sexy Back in Your Marriage After a BabyIs your relationship with your partner starting to get stale after becoming parents? Do you look back and reminisce over all the fun you had in the past?
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Feeling like the fun times you had as a couple fade away once kids enter the picture happens to most couples. But,
Self Worth: The Key to Better RelationshipsRelationships can be a challenge. At any given time we are either searching for one, mending one, ending one, or all of the above. We depend on them physically, spiritually, and emotionally whether we admit it or not. Those that say, “I don’t need anyone,” are only fooling themselves. If…
Offer to babysit a friend's child while they get some "me" time.
Date: Wed., February 29
Time: 2-3 p.m. ET
Book: 365 Manners Kids Should Know
