Guest Post by Britt Bolnick, In Arms Coaching Six years ago was the worst time in my entire life. I was a fairly new mother to a 12 month-old girl, living in a house that I hated and could barely afford. I had a husband who was cheating on me, almost never home and about […]
Window Into The Soul
By MGAL Expert, Lynn Trotta As I bent low and looked up into the bush of French climbing beans, I got the strongest sensation that I was looking into my soul at all the gifts that are waiting to be harvested. How many times had I walked by this wall of green in my […]
Moms: Can changing your perspective instantly change your life?
Last week the unthinkable happened. A young girl in our community climbed into her mother’s truck alone, somehow shifted the gears of the truck and caused the truck to roll down a hill into a tree. The girl was killed on impact. It is one of those stories that breaks your heart the minute you […]
Let Freedom Ring!
Moms: Are your expectations handcuffing you to a life of misery? Time to Let FREEDOM Ring! Two weeks ago, my son finished Kindergarten. On the last day of school, the teachers walked Little M and his classmates upstairs to the 1st grade classroom. Little M came home so excited. “Mom! You are not going to […]
Can Changing Your Definition of a “Good Mother” Save You From Divorce?
When my son was around 2-weeks old he, developed colic. He cried gut-wrenching sobs from 5-10 pm every evening. I read everything I could about colic in the hopes of alleviating the dreadful screams that ushered in our evenings. Eventually I developed a technique that seemed to soothe my son for brief periods of time. […]